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Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <nico@kr.ethz.ch>
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@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ the general question: ***What is configuration management (CM)?***
## View 1: The System
Let's imagine I am a computer system.
What happens to me, if I am put it under version control?
What happens to me, if I am put under version control?
Somebody (**a process**) which is running on me, changes
stuff on me, so that she (the process) is happy afterwards.
I recognise that some files are added, changed or deleted.
Some processes are being run, some killed.
That's probably it, because I don't own anything else, she
That's probably it, because I don't own anything else she
can change.
## View 2: The Sysadmin
@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ I even consider doing the change, though I'm afraid:
* What happens if the user requests more changes?
* What if the machine crashes?
* What if another sysadmin needs to add changes?
* What if two system should look very identical, though not completly?
* What if two system should look very identical, though not completely?
This leads to some easy objectives:
@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ her best job, but as a manager, I don't understand what she's
doing. Nor do I really care. I care about the users
(which could be customers as well!) and that their demands.
And about how many users and how many demands my sysadmin
fullfilled. And I want fancy graphics, 24 bit coloured pie
fulfilled. And I want fancy graphics, 24 bit coloured pie
charts in 3D and whatever comes to my crazy manager mind.
And numbers. Many numbers.