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Ask HN: Are there still companies that don't use version control systems?
If so, what alternatives do you use?
- ghostmaree 8y agoFree Daily Accounts! http://ghostmaree.boards.net/ http://ghostmaree.boards.net/
- mgliwka 8y agoAt the first place I worked at: Zip Files. $customername-YYYYMMDD.zip. "Branches"? Easy. Just create a new folder. Merging? WinMerge is your friend :-D Deployment was sending a Zip File with DLLs to the customer. Obviously no build system, but built on the dev's local system. Thank god I could convince the team to move to SVN.
- ratsimihah 8y agoIt sure feels archaic!
- technion 8y agoAbsolutely. I currently support a team of developers that flat out aren't interested. The "alternative" is they log tickets with helpdesk going "can you please restore this file from backup from a few weeks ago". It's awful. It's a startup you may have heard of.
- ratsimihah 8y agoInteresting how they're using the flexibility the lack of hierarchy allows startups counter-productively. I can't think of any startup that would do that, can you give me a hint?