On Monday, the Subversion project is scheduled to release version 1.0 of their version control system, under development for several years now. Subversion was intended from its inception as the CVS replacement and it comes with many important features previously found only on commercial VCS like Perforce. It was designed for better remote performance, and it is multi-platform with a GUI/CLI front-end.
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RE Shawn:
#1. I never felt like I lost control, I'm an informinx and Oracle DBA and I knew exactly where ALL of my source was.
The Issue I have is people complain that with file based systems you have to manage the files, aka move directories,
move files etc. Wel going to a DB system means you have to
manage the DB. The question Managers need to ask.
Q: Do I have the resources to manage an DB?
The answer to this can vary widely, In an engineering based company file management is easier to understand while in a computer scientist company the DB management may be easier.
I was relateing an event that had occured. This event shows that DB systems are not a cure all but bring about A new set of issues and problems.
Next Question about the DB system is what happens when there is an error in the DB? ( And yes DB software has errors). For simple projects the risks of a DB may be to great.
RE Shawn:
#1. I never felt like I lost control, I'm an informinx and Oracle DBA and I knew exactly where ALL of my source was.
The Issue I have is people complain that with file based systems you have to manage the files, aka move directories,
move files etc. Wel going to a DB system means you have to
manage the DB. The question Managers need to ask.
Q: Do I have the resources to manage an DB?
The answer to this can vary widely, In an engineering based company file management is easier to understand while in a computer scientist company the DB management may be easier.
I was relateing an event that had occured. This event shows that DB systems are not a cure all but bring about A new set of issues and problems.
Next Question about the DB system is what happens when there is an error in the DB? ( And yes DB software has errors). For simple projects the risks of a DB may be to great.
My 2 cents.
Donaldson
Note: Sorry about speelling errors.