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Distributed Development of Closed Source Software?
An anonymous reader queries: "After being laid off recently, I got in touch with a few uni friends. We've now decided to start developing some software in our respective spare time(s), which we may consider commercializing depending on how it goes. We've come across a problem that I am sure is not very new. We are all in different countries and different time zones. How do we best collaborate given that we have such a diverse team."
"Currently we think we need a service that provides the following:
1) CVS or some variant, subversion is fine
2) Bug tracking / issue tracking (bugzilla etc)
3) Discussion board with password protection (phpBoard / cute cast)
4) Some software that lets us book meetings in different time zones. (Calendar system which takes timezone differences into account)
5) Telnet (SSH) access is preferred
6) Shouldn't cost an arm and a leg
We are perfectly willing and capable of setting up some of it ourselves, if the service lets us log in via telnet. I know there are lots of services like this for open source development, but are there any for closed source? Have people used some service like this? A cost/feature comparason would be nice, if that information is available."
1) CVS or some variant, subversion is fine
2) Bug tracking / issue tracking (bugzilla etc)
3) Discussion board with password protection (phpBoard / cute cast)
4) Some software that lets us book meetings in different time zones. (Calendar system which takes timezone differences into account)
5) Telnet (SSH) access is preferred
6) Shouldn't cost an arm and a leg
We are perfectly willing and capable of setting up some of it ourselves, if the service lets us log in via telnet. I know there are lots of services like this for open source development, but are there any for closed source? Have people used some service like this? A cost/feature comparason would be nice, if that information is available."
If you are going to use telnet, might as well make
it open source...
...but we're not helping you bastards figured out how to make this "offshoring" thing actually work.
I tell you, if people could actually figure this out, I would be worried about offshoring. Until then, I'll continue to listen to story after story after story about disasters and clusterfuckers.
how dare you?!? "closed source." I spit at the word.
ha, just kidding. I'm developing a project which will most likely be closed-source for a while myself. Okay, in addition to all the source management thingies that other people have suggested, I'd definitely set up a private Jabber server for you chaps to collaborate on in real-time. My two cents' worth.
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