Microsoft don’t use VSS?

2008-01-11

Whaddya know. IE8’s source code is managed using Perforce (click on my first link and scroll down past the smiley face to the change log). Yay for agile tools! I wonder why they don’t use VSS? No. I really don’t. Will perforce save them from the tar pit of doom? Bwahahahaha!

This entry was posted on 2008-01-11 at 15:38:28 and is filed under programming, scm.

6 Responses to “Microsoft don’t use VSS?”

  1. Clive Says:

    2008-01-11 at 17:32:35

    I thought Microsoft had quietly been using Perforce internally for many years now?

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  2. Richard Says:

    2008-01-11 at 17:48:30

    What Clive said – I have a vague recollection that it goes by some other name inside MS, though.

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  3. Richard Says:

    2008-01-11 at 17:49:58

    …a bit of googling suggests that name is ‘Source Depot’.

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  4. Kevin Says:

    2008-01-11 at 18:13:59

    MS licensed the code from Perforce a long time ago and has since heavily modified it to fit their needs and labeled it Source Depot.

    Kevin, a former MSFTer

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  5. drj11 Says:

    2008-01-11 at 20:35:18

    Interesting. Thanks all!

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  6. Nick Barnes Says:

    2008-01-11 at 21:38:50

    Note that MSFT also have some new developer groupware which is apparently rather good. Really.

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