Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit4.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Version Control Software Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:24:56 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <98c13a55-dbf2-46a7-a2aa-8c5f052ff375@googlegroups.com> <2644d0de-9a81-41aa-b27a-cb4535964b58@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1371219896 24590 64.122.56.22 (14 Jun 2013 14:24:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:24:56 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:48155 On 2013-06-14, Roy Smith wrote: > All that being said, it is, as Anssi points out, a horrible, bloated, > overpriced, complicated mess which requires teams of specially > trained ClearCase admins to run. In other words, it's exactly the > sort of thing big, stupid, Fortune-500 companies buy because the IBM > salesperson plays golf with the CIO. Years ago, I worked at one largish company where a couple of the embedded development projects used ClearCase. The rest of us used CVS or RCS or some other cheap commercial systems. Judging by those results, ClearCase requires a full-time administrator for every 10 or so users. The other systems seemed to require almost no regular administration, and what was required was handled by the developers themselves (mayby a couple hours per month). The cost of ClearCase was also sky-high. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! VICARIOUSLY experience at some reason to LIVE!! gmail.com