[Desktop_architects] Shouldn't distros and ISVs ensure that security updates get deployed promptly?

[Dan Kegel]

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Mike Shaver <shaver at off.net> wrote:
> If distro packages are overwriting the files with Firefox running, then yes,
> you could get that effect.  That's one reason our updater doesn't work that
> way. :-/
>...
> The combination of not screwing with the app while it's running, plus
> in-band notification, plus shipping small deltas and downloading them in the
> background, plus restoring the user's session[*] after upgrade have given us
> a really good rate of update installation; it's now less than 5 days for a
> given minor update to hit 90% adoption.

That's great.  Do you have any statistics on how many users
use the distro packages vs. your install, or on how many days
it takes for a distro package minor update to hit 90% adoption?
- Dan