On 15 Nov 2006, at 17:06, Eric wrote:
>
> The one person who is most adamantly opposed to SVN and is so
> adamantly pushing VSS is a partner in the business and so there is
> no one above him who can do any of that.
Google search: visual source safe corruption
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=visual+source+safe
+corruption&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
1.5 million results, many of which lead to articles that support the
assertion that it should never be used by anyone ever.
Alternatively, let him bring in VSS and let it speak for itself.
From reading some of those 1.5 million articles it seems that
unplugging your computer's network cable while in the middle of
committing changes should be enough to corrupt your VSS repository.
It would be unethical to do that to deliberately discredit the
product, of course :-)
>
> He is a "my way or the highway" type whose mind typically cannot be
> changed.
>
> He brings a LOT to the table and is extremely valuable, I'd say
> crucial, to the success of this enterprise in every other way
> except this, and that makes it difficult-to-impossible to convince
> the other partners to overrule him on issues like this where it is
> perceived that adequate alternatives (e.g. VSS, which they consider
> adequate) exist.
>
> I am also a partner but I am only one vote.
>
> See what I'm up against? :-(
>
>
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