Comments on: A nice article about dVCS in the Enterprise http://keramida.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/a-nice-article-about-dvcs-in-the-enterprise/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:22:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Michael Iatrou http://keramida.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/a-nice-article-about-dvcs-in-the-enterprise/#comment-11850 Michael Iatrou Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:37:12 +0000 http://keramida.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-11850 Indeed, you are right about the constraints of a blog post. I tend to think of the medium (blog) as a publishing tool, which doesn't imply a specific form. A perspective which, pragmatically, is not true. :-) Indeed, you are right about the constraints of a blog post. I tend to think of the medium (blog) as a publishing tool, which doesn’t imply a specific form. A perspective which, pragmatically, is not true. :-)

]]> By: keramida http://keramida.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/a-nice-article-about-dvcs-in-the-enterprise/#comment-11849 keramida Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:10:14 +0000 http://keramida.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-11849 A single blot post is very unlikely to serve as a convincing collection of arguments for a manager. A Blog post that covers the full breath of business and development reasons why a dVCS may be actually a good idea for an enterprise is likely to be <em>very</em> large, and probably a bit boring for a weblog. An article, like <a href="http://thyrsus.com/hg/uvc/" rel="nofollow">the one Eric Raymond is currently working on</a>, and a collection of features like those <a href="http://better-scm.berlios.de/" rel="nofollow">http://better-scm.berlios.de/</a> stand a better chance of convincing people. A single blot post is very unlikely to serve as a convincing collection of arguments for a manager. A Blog post that covers the full breath of business and development reasons why a dVCS may be actually a good idea for an enterprise is likely to be very large, and probably a bit boring for a weblog.

An article, like the one Eric Raymond is currently working on, and a collection of features like those http://better-scm.berlios.de/ stand a better chance of convincing people.

]]> By: Michael Iatrou http://keramida.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/a-nice-article-about-dvcs-in-the-enterprise/#comment-11848 Michael Iatrou Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:50:35 +0000 http://keramida.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-11848 IMHO this article does not describe anything new and it doesn't provide a different perspective of known facts, for an enthusiast of dVCS. On the other hand, it doesn't provide enough arguments (using the appropriate rhetoric and facts in terms of numbers) so I can just walk into my manager's/coworkers office with a print-out of it and the next thing I know is the whole team migrating to GIT/Mercurial. Actually, I am only aware of a single source that may help for such a task and that is http://better-scm.berlios.de/. I am also really interested in the results of the FreeBSD code base migration project, which -- thanks for that -- you let me know that is under investigation. Hopefully you guys will write an extensive report for that ;-) IMHO this article does not describe anything new and it doesn’t provide a different perspective of known facts, for an enthusiast of dVCS.
On the other hand, it doesn’t provide enough arguments (using the appropriate rhetoric and facts in terms of numbers) so I can just walk into my
manager’s/coworkers office with a print-out of it and the next thing I know is the whole team migrating to GIT/Mercurial.

Actually, I am only aware of a single source that may help for such a task and that is http://better-scm.berlios.de/. I am also really interested in the results of the FreeBSD code base migration project, which — thanks for that — you let me know that is under investigation. Hopefully you guys will write an extensive report for that ;-)

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