I have also had some very bad experiences with VSS. Two specific problems that I've had:
A developer checked out some code and didn't check it back in before going on holiday. This caused us a lot of headaches because we didn't have the password for his machine and he'd checked out stuff that a lot of other people needed to work with. VSS completely corrupted the source code for a project I was working on a few years ago. Again, this caused us a lot of headaches because we had lost the complete change history for the project. The VSS workflow doesn't work well for me either because it requires that you organize yourselves in such a way that two people never have the same code checked out. My experience has been that allowing multiple developers to check out and work on the same code is much more productive. Spike On 10/27/05, Massimo Foti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What does SVN give you that VSS does not? > > http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch02s02.html > > VSS use Lock-Modify-Unlock, SVN can use both Copy-Modify-Merge and > Lock-Modify-Unlock. I very much prefer the Copy-Modify-Merge approach, but > it's a matter of personal preferences. > > Multiple languages binding and WEBDAV integration could also be a plus. > > > Personally I also had some very bad experiences with VSS corrupting data, > but this doesn't necessarely apply to others. > > ---------------------------- > Massimo Foti > Tools for ColdFusion and Dreamweaver developers: > http://www.massimocorner.com > ---------------------------- > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:222409 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
