I have used both SourceSafe, CVS (as well as PVCS and Continuus) and I would 
easily pick CVS over SourceSafe and PVCS. Continuus is fine if you have big 
$$$ and a very capable Continuus administrator. The only was I would consider 
SourceSafe over CVS is if you have money to burn, are windows only, and have 
an IDE that you just feel you *must* have that only works with SourceSafe. If 
so, SourceSafe is great.

On Friday 10 January 2003 11:17, Noel J. Bergman wrote:
> Despite the fact that it is widely used, the list of problems with CVS is
> long and distinguished.  Since you can't use SourceSafe, I would recommend
> that you look at Subversion (http://subversion.tigris.org).  Subversion is
> self-hosting, works with database and apache, has an API, and there is a
> GUI interface (http://rapidsvn.tigris.org).
>
> Subversion uses WebDAV, and there is even a Wiki using Subversion.
>
> If you were in a corporate environment, perhaps Subversion might not be
> ready for you (but then again, you could afford SourceSafe), but in your
> environment you might like the possibilities in Subversion.  There is
> always CVS if you need it, and don't mind the problems (like the inability
> to rename something).
>
>       --- Noel


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