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RE: Re: TortoiseSVN 1.3.2.5840 requires admin rights for installation

From: Martin, John M. \(Number Six Software\) <John.Martin5_at_va.gov>
Date: 2006-03-09 15:02:29 CET

Not everyone who is using subversion is a developer.
 
-->John

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        From: Nick Gilbert [mailto:nick@x-rm.com]
        Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 7:29 AM
        To: dev@tortoisesvn.tigris.org
        Subject: Re: TortoiseSVN 1.3.2.5840 requires admin rights for
installation
        
        
> Out in the real world, IT departments use security policies on
PCs to
> protect their investment and assets. Fixing someone's PC
because they
> installed or uninstalled something nasty costs time and money.
Removing
> administrator privileges is one method of minimizing downtime,

> maintaining security and there fore maximizing uptime.
        
        I can imagine that's true for secretaries and normal users, but
for
        software devs it seems very limiting. Besides - software devs
can fix
        their own PCs :)
        
        Nick...
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Received on Thu Mar 9 15:41:46 2006

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