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- From: geoff@flash.bellcore.com (Geoffrey Clemm)
- Subject: Re: Robust Config Mgmt system wanted for MSwindows&UNIX
- In-Reply-To: ash@netcom.com's message of Tue, 18 Aug 92 20:54:38 GMT
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- Date: 20 Aug 92 14:06:45
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- In article <m40m+q#.ash@netcom.com> ash@netcom.com (Ashvin Patel) writes:
- > TeamNet as been around for over five years now, and is being used
- > extensively by many large corporations. From what I understand about
- > ClearCase, they have only been around for about 18 months and
- > are they have only just finished beta testing on the Sun and HP platforms.
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- ClearCase began shipping their product on Sun/HP in the beginning of Aug 92.
- The version that runs on SGI machines has been shipping longer.
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- > As to the use of filesystems, TeamNet seems to have a more transparent
- > and easier to use filesystem than ClearCase. ClearCase requires greater
- > effort to setup and use. The method of setting up source baselines
- > and workareas for TeamNet was just far easier and required less thought
- > than ClearCase. This doesn't mean that TeamNet lacks functionality.
- > TeamNet seemed to be a more "natural" way of working, and more
- > intuitive. Lastly, TeamNet's architecture seems to be more mature
- > and better tought out, there seems to be alot of growing room designed into
- > the product. The underlying system is built on top of an OODB, which
- > a future product called the "Process Automation Kit" will capitalize on.
- > ClearCase to me seemed like a DSEE clone, that just wont scale in large
- > environments and wont grow with a company. The underlying architure
- > would probably need to change drastically for tha product to grow and
- > change over the years, especially there DB, which is based on a
- > relational database that just does not seem suited to handle the type
- > of meta-data required for a CM system.
-
- This is suspiciously identical to what TeamNet told us about ClearCase.
- Did you actually evaluate the two products, and come to this conclusion,
- or are you just repeating what you were told by TeamNet ?
-
- Since DSEE is by far the most sophisticated commercial SCM system that
- has appeared in the last 10 years, calling something a "DSEE clone" is
- properly interpreted as a high compliment.
-
- This is not to say that the TeamNet claims are incorrect, just that they
- are not coming from the most unbiased source (:-).
-
- Cheers,
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- Geoff
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