> -----Original Message-----
> From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikesell_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:57 PM
> 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_Benc
> hmarking.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.
Branching/tagging speed?
Properties?
Cost?
Not dependent on an extremely slow moving corporation for plug-ins or
tools?
Full time admin needed?
Tech support on speed dial for a reason?
SQL, a must-have skill since the command line was so damn useless? (Ok,
that was a 9.x problem, no idea if they fixed it in 10.x)
The last company I worked at used Dim 9.x, and no one looked back after
we switched to Subversion. Dim 9.x was so poorly designed and written,
and had such a painful interface, that unless Dim 10.x was a complete
rewrite by a newly hired, competent programming team, I would be dubious
of any Serena claims.
Besides, if Serena actually knew what the heck they were talking about,
they would explicitly torpedo Subversion on its merging and merge
tracking problems. And the window for that is quickly closing with svn
1.5.
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