Windows Live Installer – Get it all with one click

Nutshell: Microsoft enters round 1 with Google, nearly 2 years late, and knocks it out.
Conclusion: Nobody cares this time around either.

Google first came out with Google Pack a long time ago with hope of making it easy to install/update shareware/freeware applications for the Windows Destkop. Most of us were not impressed.

Microsoft, to their credit, did the same thing but the outcome is far more impressive – it actually looks like a coherent collection of useful applications that have one common purpose (integration with online portal) and are likely already programs you use due to Microsoft’s bundling of Messenger, Mail, Photo Gallery, etc. This just makes sure that you get the more powerful live.com versions of those programs.

It’s pretty impressive. Among the most interesting ones is the Windows Live OneCare Family Safety.

So, round one goes to Microsoft. Read more about it at the Windows Live Blog.