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Re: Visual Source Safe vs Subversion

From: Tim Hill <drtimhill_at_comcast.net>
Date: 2006-11-14 09:00:03 CET

"Delta" was an attempt to create a product out of the tool MS was
using at the time for internal scc, offically called "SLM" but
generally known as "slime". I'll leave you to figure out how it was
generally viewed from those inside MS :)

--Tim

On Nov 12, 2006, at 12:50 PM, Ron Olson wrote:

> I remember "back-in-the-day" that the source control program used
> (and written) by Microsoft was a program called "Delta". I remember
> it was available for sale for something like a minute...I can still
> see the box with the blue, 3D delta logo on the front (this was in
> the 95-96 time frame).
>
> From the information I remember from reading the back of the box,
> it was meant for larger, physically separate teams of developers,
> while VSS was never much good for more than a handful of people all
> within the same location (because of needing to see the share on
> the VSS box to get to the repository). I seem to recall Delta was
> expensive too...I want to say the sticker said $600, but I can't be
> certain of that.
>
> Ron

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