Excessive use of Disk Space

I noticed today that the Apple Software update is using 452MB of disk space and it appears it's captured every update for iTunes, Quicktime and Safari since I've started to use it.
/c/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data/Apple Computer/Installer Cache
/c/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data/Apple/Installer Cache
There appears to be no way to purge the cache via the Apple Update Software, but i guess the old-school method works.
Anyone higher than 452MB in their Installer Cache
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Thanks for those who replied. The idea was to write a technical paper and write a supporting tool that will list all unused indexes on a Oracle database and list indexes that were used and if so, how they were used and when. I am working on a project basically.
Referencing papers aren't difficult. I can always do that. But we all being DBA's, there are one or the other issues that we would come across in day to day work. If i can reflect any of the real time problems and try to address it in my tool, it would be beneficial for all.
So that was the motto. Also, it's not only for Oracle. I am trying to write a tool that can possibly integrate with other databases such as SQL server and Sybase.
Thanks
G

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