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From: jdege@winternet.com (Jeff Dege)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
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Date: 4 Dec 1995 00:52:55 GMT
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On 3 Dec 1995 10:35:17 -0800, Orc (orc@pell.chi.il.us) wrote:
:
: I don't know how Linus does internal version control, but there
: are plenty of companies that don't use version control (or have got
: Company Standards(tm) like DEC's CMS, which is worthless) that are
: not known for 'buggier and harder to maintain' software. SCCS is
: an unqualified Good Thing(tm), but, regretfully, it's not necessary
: to use it to produce good reliable code.
Use of automated version control systems is by no means a requirement
in building reliable software, but version control definitely is. If
you can't control changes to your system, you can't keep bugs fixed.
Version control, release control, configuration management, they are
absolutely essential.
Of course, you can do this without software. In fact, if you do
have a problem, software probably won't fix it.
--
"[I]n fact, I didn't know that cats _could_ grin."
"They all can," said the Duchess; "and most of 'em do."
"I don't know of any that do," Alice said very politely, feeling quite
pleased to have gotten into a conversation.
"You don't know much," said the Duchess; "and that's a fact."