Hmm. This message was posted some days ago and has only just appeared. List problems?
-- Dr. Craig Graham, Software Engineer Advanced Analysis and Integration Limited, UK. http://www.aail.co.uk/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David Hoadley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 3:14 PM Subject: Re: Visual source safe - followup question > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Hoadley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 2:59 PM > Subject: Re: Visual source safe - followup question > > > > between sites. The main problem as I understand it is that MS VSS does > > too much work on the client side to be used over an unreliable internet > > connection (no dialup please!). > > Yes. There's no server as such with VSS; the repository is simply a passive > file structure open as a network share and anyone can do with it as they > wish. So when a client screws up, it can take out the repository with it. > And, of course, it's as vulnerable as any other shared directory to > interference.
