Re: [SLUG] support for open source

[Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd-slug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 12:42:59 +1000
QuantumG <qg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> After much in-fighting, the decision was made to go with 
> Perforce instead - which is actually pretty good.

In comparison to CVS maybe. I'm using GNU Arch at home and Perforce
at work using Perforce has made me *VERY* aware of just how good 
Arch really is.

>  Does 
> anyone know a good, preferably Australian, CVS support company?

Back in the late 1990s I worked for a company that did all its
development by way of tarballs emailed from developer to 
developer (however scary that may sound). When we moved to CVS, 
we had a guy come in, set it up on a Solaris box, and document
how the developers were supposed to use it. We paid for about
a month's worth of consulting for the setup and the developers
maintained it after that.

> I wonder how hard it would be to start one. 

Probably not too hard, but I wonder how big the market is.
Most companies seem pretty proficient at maintaining revsision
control systems themselves.

Erik
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