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Well, what do you find horrible? I'm currently using CVS, which is even
more primitive than Subversion, but it *is* free. I'm not sure that VSS
is any better or any worse than any other source control system.
Also, what are you trying to accomplish with source control? Perhaps you
need a more sophisticated content management system?
Joe Malin
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From: bounce-techwr-l-216553 -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-216553 -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Susan
Scott
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 6:30 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Versioning repository for docs
Hi,
At previous tech writing jobs we used Microsoft's Visual Source Safe for
doc control and tracking.
However, my current company is trying to get me to use a freeware
product called Subversion. It was written for tracking code and is, even
with the UI provided by Tortoise SVN, a horrible tool to use (the very
name should give you a clue!).
Does anyone know of any decent freeware out there? How I long for VSS
again but have no idea if this can be purchased from MS as a stand alone
product.
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