Team Foundation Server overkill ?

Posted By: Zeus | Aug 18th @ 4:58 AM
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#Aug 19th @ 1:05 PM
blowdart
blowdart
Peek-a-boo

Well SVN is just a source control system. The client for it is command line driven. You can integrate it with Explorer using Tortoise SVN. There are VS plugins for 2003/2005/2008 from the VisualSVN folks and a free one called Ankh.

 

Don't know about VB6, not touched it in years. Ankh is supposed to appear as a normal source control provider, so it might work.

#Aug 19th @ 2:27 PM
Zeo
Zeo
Channel 9 :)

Zeus,

            I'm quite familiar with TFS and it's awesome. I have a full 38 page screenshotted guide to installing TFS 2008 and I have a 18 page screen shotted install guide for TFS 2010 Beta 1.  Both are super simple so if you'd like to get a copy send me a mail at IanCeic at  microsoft.com.

 

The learning curve for TFS isn't too terrible. Check out www.teamsytemrocks.com

 

VB6 is supported with the MSSCCI provider. Smiley

#Aug 19th @ 2:46 PM
W3bbo
W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

TFS is alright, but it misses a lot of must-have features that rivals such as git have. And where is support for distributed builds?

 

...and why is it so expensive? Will we see a "TFS Express" any time soon (say, for groups of less than 3 developers, or devs with multiple machines they like to keep in sync)?

#Aug 19th @ 2:55 PM
blowdart
blowdart
Peek-a-boo

OK really, how often do corporate environments need distributed builds, or even distributed source control? Sure it's "cool", but is it needed by 99.99% of developers? Hell no.

#Aug 19th @ 6:16 PM
PaoloM
PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

Meanwhile, at a secret location....

 

#Aug 19th @ 10:41 PM
TommyCarlier
TommyCarlier
I want my scalps!

Wow, that looks cool. I like the style (no overuse of gradients).

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