Management Managing software in a lab can be a daunting task, especially if the lab is a combination of both a Mac and Windows environment. Solutions exist for both platforms but nothing is ideal. Free for all. One solution is to have no management system and trust that the hard drives will be stable from user to user. This model requires that personnel monitor the stations and respond to complaints from users about problems.
Fixes can be as simple as adding a new copy of a piece of software or rearranging a desktop.
This solution can create a rather artificial user interface and can actually prevent some software from running. We do not favor this approach. A third approach is to use a management system of some sort that can rebuild a station's software from a server by using a model. In practice, try to educate your users about the law. Plan for core applications that are supported in multiple copies.