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RE: Re: Comparison of Dimensions and Subversion

From: John Niven <jniven_at_bravurasolutions.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:13:49 +1300

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikesell_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 20 March 2008 05:57
> To: Brad Stiles
> Cc: Thompson, Graeme (GE Infra, Aviation); Subversion Users List
> Subject: Re: Comparison of Dimensions and Subversion
>
> Brad Stiles wrote:
> >>
> http://www.serena.com/docs/repository/alm/Dimensions_vs_Subversion_Be
> >> nchmarking.pdf
> >>
> >> It makes for interesting reading! Although somewhat rigged in the
> >> testing scenarios.
> >
> > Well, the feature comparison is like comparing apples and
> asteroid mining. Subversion makes little claim to having
> many of the "features" listed, as far as I can tell.
> >
> > Besides which, Serena is responsible for my two biggest
> vendor tool headaches, past and present. PVCS and TeamTrack.
> It'll take a lot more than a benchmark and an irrelevant
> feature comparison to make me sit up and pay attention...
> >
>
> Usable platforms seems to be notably missing from the
> comparison chart.

This Forrester report is more complete:
http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,42334,00.html
http://blogs.open.collab.net/svn/2007/06/subversion_sole.html

Serena Dimensions is, to give it its due, a "Strong Contender" in the
"Standalone SCM Solutions" category. That places it in good company,
there are a numebr of other strong contenders, and only one "Leader"...
a little-known SCM system called "Subversion" ;-)

>
> --
> Les Mikesell
> lesmikesell_at_gmail.com
>
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