A survey of system configuration tools

LISA 2010 - 24th Large Installation System Administration Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-14

  Delaet, Thomas ^a   Joosen, Wouter ^a   Vanbrabant, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS; OPEN SOURCES; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 84886732959     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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