We are currently using SourceSafe (multi user/version control program)and there is some dissatisfaction. I would like to know if anyone have pros or cons for other such software.
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Erik
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We are currently using SourceSafe (multi user/version control program)and there is some dissatisfaction.
That must be the understatement of the month. The widely accepted point-of-view appears to be that using VSS is at best marginally less silly than printing the source code on paper and eating it. In other words: anything would be better than VSS. Even a pile of print-outs, as long as it's stored and indexed correctly.
Open-source has CVS (with some drawbacks regarding configuration management and massive multi-user use cases), and SVN (just about perfect). Commercial offers I've used and liked include Perforce (terrific for really large code bases) and MKS Source Integrity (includes well-done configuration tracking).
I once had to restore a system from a set of printouts - after the backups failed!
That was back in the days when taking a complete set of listings - on a lineprinter - and binding them all into a bigt folder was normal practice.
Don't knock it - it worked!
I once developed an optical backup system with ECC-korrected laser-printed bitmaps and read back with a scanner. I think I got about 75kB/page.
It was a fun thing to implement, and an alternative to 360, 1200 or 1440 kB floppies :)
The important thing with paper prints is that they can stand quite high temperatures, where a lot of magnetical material gets destroyed.