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"In all fairness, VSS was a great tool." I disagree. Even back in 1995 it had fatal flaws. More than once it got so confused that we had to restore the source
by Luyt 16y ago
"In all fairness, VSS was a great tool."
I disagree. Even back in 1995 it had fatal flaws. More than once it got so confused that we had to restore the source tree from backup. There was also the continual problem of files being locked by others when they should not have been, hampering progress and complexities. I was glad when we could kick it out of the door.
- sid0 16y agoI'm pretty lucky I got old enough to use version control after fast, reliable and easy-to-use tools like git and hg were created. Every time I have to interact with a CVS repository I'm like "wow, people actually used to use this everyday".
- pnathan 16y agoHeh, I remember when I used CVS. It was for a senior project. I didn't really get what CVS was, and it was such a pain- I slammed all the files in the day before and handed them in all at rev 1. Cranky prof.