On Tuesday 12 August 2003 09:41, Hans Deragon wrote:
Red Hat developped up2date-gnome. If they spent the effort for
creating a GUI for RHN, then it means that they identified the need
for a GUI to install packages. Red Hat targets semi-technical
environment, not only tech-savy desktop users. Business men,
lawyers, accountants, offices could use RHL. Secretaries would want
to install software, but not with a command line.
In a real corporate environment, Secretaries don't have the access
required to install software. Giving a secretary root on a box is just
insane. Corporate images are developed, deployed and only updated when
there is a true business need. Allowing users to install software
willy nilly just causes huge headaches, leads to virus infection and
system instability. While there is some argument for having a nice gui
frontend to installing software, it doesn't quite click in the real
corporate environment.
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