Even if Perforce were free, I wouldn't support it.
On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 09:27:20PM -0700, Brandon Ehle wrote:
> Marc Singer wrote:
>
> >I sympathize. I'm doing something similar with one of my clients. I
> >hope they'll be OK with subversion since the only SCM they're familiar
> >with is VSS which, IMHO, is little better than a trash can.
> >
> >The reason I prefer subversion is that it
> > a) doesn't use locking
> > b) doesn't have a concept of a working directory as known by the server
> >
> >The trouble is that in a point-by-point comparison, Perforce is more
> >mature and should probably be selected. Again, IMHO, the key feature
> >that subversion lacks is drop-dead easy branch merging. It's planned
> >and it looks like the plan is an excellent one. AFAICT from reading
> >the Perforce documentation, subversion is much easier to setup, but
> >that probably isn't going to carry much weight.
> >
> >
> The fact that we are even trying to do a point-by-point comparison
> between a product that has been released for 6 years and project that is
> not even Beta yet is a testament in and of itself. :)
>
>
>
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