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Re:Ask HN: Big software teams, how do you manage your comput... by abrookewood on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @12:02AM (#12207775)
Git isn't going to manage the licences for commercial software and your operating system updates ...
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Re:Ask HN: Big software teams, how do you manage your comput... by jdubz_ on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @12:16PM (#12211007)
This. I think people were too quick to judge the OP as an idiot. He's not talking about your applications. He's talking about physical developer hardware. The laptop sitting in front of you.
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Re:Ask HN: Big software teams, how do you manage your comput... by contingencies on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @10:35PM (#12215179)
Nobody called the OP an idiot.

The consensus is that physical developer hardware is best managed by developers.

The 'problem' of managing 'large numbers' of 'commercial software licenses' is not a problem with automation; unfortunately it goes against the grain of developers managing their own hardware.

It seems the real problem in the OP's organization is management unwilling to delegate and constantly searching for centralized solutions to trivial 'problems'.

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