Best way to explain to someone that software developers need to install tools (mainly build integrat

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I work at a software company where most of the people are afraid to install new tools to increase productivity. They give me excuses like:

I don't need to install something else.
I can do this myself.
etc...many other baseless arguments.

In an ecommerece business, the end-users should not have to install anything, everything should be managed by them from the web, and the developers should be the ones installing things to increase productivity and teamwork i.e.:

Version Control Systems
Build Tools (ANT, NANT, Maven, continuous integration, CSS Frameworks)
Integrated Development Environments
Frameworks (Unit testing, etc)
Etc...

How else can I get my point across without sound crass?

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