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Alternative to SourceSafe in a Commercial Environment?

Posted by Cliff on from the changing-your-revision-control-software dept.

Jim the Bad asks: "After Visual SourceSafe inexplicably corrupted itself one time too many, my Boss has asked me to evaluate the alternatives. This site lists some alternatives, and SourceForge is a commercial product that might suit. Are there any more? It must be rock solid, run on Windows and it must be possible to migrate existing SourceSafe databases. Developer Studio integration is also very desirable. What product would you recommend?"

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  1. Re:A coupla things by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Finally, the alternatives. Well, there's the Very Expensive ones which I won't list because you probably know them anyway and, well, they're hideoulsy expensive.

    What you actually mean is that you don't know what the expensive alternatives are. There's no shame in admitting you don't know something; try it some day.

    If he's looking for good version control then CVS bites big donkey dick. But it's free. That's its only saving grace. Won't be disappointed, my ass. CVS is non-stop disappointment.

    In terms of expensive alternatives you can choose from BitKeeper, PVCS, StarTeam, Source Integrity, ClearCase, and literally fuckloads of products. This market is well and truly flooded. They all blow chunks in one respect or another. He's not going to get any of them to integrate with Visual Studio as nicely as VSS.

    If he has the money then go with ClearCase. If he wants it cheap then go CVS and optionally Sourceforge. If he wants integration with Visual Studio then he's made his own fucking bed and he can damn well lie in it.

  2. Re:A coupla things by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    What you actually mean is that you don't know what the expensive alternatives are. There's no shame in admitting you don't know something; try it some day.

    Them's mighty big words coming from an AC. Too bad you couldn't muster the balls to log in.

    I know most all of the alternatives, mainly because I've tried them at one time or another. My comment regarding CVS stands, though.

    BTW, dismissing CVS and then recommending PVCS in the same sentence is the mark of a true ignorant retard asshole, as if the rest of your insightful comment didn't cut it.