APT, Yum and Red Carpet

[Jesse Keating]

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.

-- 
Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE
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