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Need some late afternoon amusement? Links Provided
Subject:Need some late afternoon amusement? Links Provided From:"Diana Ost" <Diana -dot- Ost -at- msmcorp -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 24 May 2006 16:04:58 -0400
Hi All:
The US Government has a "Plain Language" site that is very
interesting...and funny. I've worked in a lot of "gov-ment" jobs, so the
Acronyms section had me laughing out loud.
I hope no one takes offense, it is supposed to be about tech writers,
but I don't see most of us in this--we are much better :-) It is a
wonderful expression of what not to do!
Diana Ost
Technical Writer/Reporting Analyst
Production Administration
Market Street Mortgage Corporation
diana -dot- ost -at- msmcorp -dot- com
Phone (727) 431-7209
Fax (727) 724-9096
2650 McCormick Drive, Suite 200
Clearwater, Florida 33759
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Subject: Source control
Hey all!
My company has been looking at source control systems to replace,
corporate-wide, the mish-mash of systems that the various acquired
companies and offices have been using. Rumor has it that they're
settling on MKS.
Does anybody know what MKS can do that Subversion cannot?
I figure that Subversion is the system most widely used by open-source
projects the world over. So it stands to reason that:
a) it is adept at handling and controlling input from thousands of
contributors scattered across 24 timezones.
b) it is adapted and improved constantly, and on a much quicker and more
flexible schedule than proprietary systems.
So, other than the privilege of paying license fees to Mortise Kern,
what would be the real-world advantages of MKS over Subversion (or
another open-source solution)?
I'm not a developer, just the writer, but I'd like to have some idea of
why one system or another is being chosen, since I'm going to be stuck
with it. Such questions don't get answered down to my lowly level.
Kevin
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