Comments on: Software Update Monitoring With SUMO

By: Software UpToDate Finds Updated Versions Of Windows Programs

Software UpToDate Finds Updated Versions Of Windows Programs — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:09:30 +0000

[...] as well. Software UpToDate is definitely an alternative to other software updaters like Sumo (see: Software Update Monitoring With SUMO), Radarsync (see: Radarsync checks for driver and application updates ) or Techtracker (see: Cnet [...]

By: TerDale

TerDale — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:20:02 +0000

@Transcontinental: did you determine what are the differences between regular SUMo version and the FF one?
BTW, latest version (2.6.2.77) is also bundled with Seekservice (SS), but for this one and for Relevant (RK) you can decline their installation when installing SUMo: look at the check box for SS, and the radio buttons for RK, both located at the bottom of the screen
HTH

By: Transcontinental

Transcontinental — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:38:05 +0000

I’ve found out that there is a SUMo ver. 2.6.0.75 free of the RelevantKnowledge option available on the developer’s FTP site :

FTP : ftp://ftp2.kcsoftwares.com/kcsoftwa/files/
SUMo 2.6.0.75 direst download : ftp://ftp2.kcsoftwares.com/kcsoftwa/files/sumo_FF.exe

This one is *clean*

By: Transcontinental

Transcontinental — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:53:54 +0000

Indeed, Martin, but I happened to appreciate SUMo for delivering IMO good update information (say a 90% valid hit). Moreover I always feel a disappointment as a scar. I understand developers need to be funded, but why not just talk about it, and make the freeware a shareware?

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:22:28 +0000

Transcontinental great find. I also find this unacceptable. Thankfully there are several alternatives available.

By: Transcontinental

Transcontinental — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:32:20 +0000

This new SUMo 2.6.0.75 introduces and announces in the install a step I personally refuse to accept :

“In order to provide this free download, RelevantKnowledge software, provided by TMRG, Inc., a comScore, Inc. company, is included in this download. This software allows millions of participants in an online market research community to voice their opinions by allowing their online browsing and purchasing behavior to be monitored, collected, aggregated, and once anonymized, used to generate market reports which our clients use to understand Internet trends and patterns and other market research purposes. The information which is monitored and collected includes internet usage information, basic demographic information, certain hardware, software, computer configuration and application usage information about the computer on which you install RelevantKnowledge. We may use the information that we monitor, such as name and address, to better understand your household demographics; for example, we may combine the information that you provide us with additional information from consumer data brokers and other data sources in accordance with our privacy policy. We make commercially viable efforts to automatically filter confidential personally identifiable information and to purge our databases of such information about our panelists when inadvertently collected. By clicking Accept, you acknowledge that you are 18 years of age or older, an authorized user of this computer, and that you have read, agreed to, and have obtained the consent to the terms and conditions of the Privacy Statement and User License Agreement from anyone who will be using the computer on which you install this application.”

I’d rather pay for a license, but this crap : never.

By: Keep Software Installers Up To Date

Keep Software Installers Up To Date — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:41:09 +0000

[...] keeps setup packages updated. It introduces a different concept to automatic software updaters like SUMO or our software updaters [...]

By: Dotan Cohen

Dotan Cohen — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:09:10 +0000

Even if each app can be checked individually, it wure is easier to have it all done from a single place. I like having the system maintain itself, that’s one of the reasons that I use a simple operating system (Ubuntu) that comes with tools like this built in.

By: Geek My Love » SUMO: mantieni i tuoi software sempre aggiornati.

Geek My Love » SUMO: mantieni i tuoi software sempre aggiornati. — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:38:27 +0000

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By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:00:24 +0000

I agree with Genisis.

Don’t most programs that someone uses on a regular basis have an option to “check for updates” under Preferences?

So why install a another application?

By: Genisis

Genisis — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:52:07 +0000

Sorry but IMO this type of software is pointless. Most apps, that are worth much at all has the feature built in these days. Also, if is not built in and you are avid user of an app, anyone with half an ounce of common sense would periodically check for an update.

By: Davin Peterson

Davin Peterson — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:43:27 +0000

I used to use that, then I found Update Star, which has a nicer interface, using the ribbon from MS Office and it sits in your system tray monitoring for software updates. Get it at http://www.updatestar.com

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:59:09 +0000

Dotan I just discovered http://windows-get.sourceforge.net/ and will review it soon, maybe that one would work for you? App Updater might be worth a look as well http://www.nabber.org/projects/appupdater/

By: Dotan Cohen

Dotan Cohen — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:44:52 +0000

Is there something like this that would work as a portable app? I would add this to my Windows toolbox if there were.