James from AccuRev: You want answers?
Tom the CC User: I think I’m entitled to them.
James from AccuRev: You want answers?!
Tom the CC User: I want the truth.
James from AccuRev: You can’t handle the truth! Tom, we live in a world that has complex software. And that software is going to be coded by men with computers. Who’s gonna do it? You? You, Tom with your CC? We at AccuRev have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for CVS and you curse SVN. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what we know: That the AccuRev SCM tool, while special and unique, probably saved jobs. And AccuRev’s existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves jobs. You don’t want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don’t talk about at tradeshows, you want us for your source code. You need us for your source code. AccuRev uses words like Keep, Promote, Update…we use these words as the backbone to a life spent managing source code. You use ‘em as a punchline. We have neither the time nor the inclination to explain ourselves to a man who drinks coffee and programs under the blanket of the code management we provide, then questions the manner in which we provide it. We’d prefer you just send us a P.O. and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up an IDE and start programming. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you’re entitled to.
James from AccuRev: Did you order something besides AccuRev?
Tom the CC User: I did the job that the IBM bigot made me do.
James from AccuRev: Did you order the CC?
Tom the CC User: You’re damn right I did!!!
James from AccuRev: All you did was weaken a company today, Tom. That’s all you did. You put software projects in danger. Sweet dreams, son.
JT–You crack me up! It’s great to see that you’re still quoting movies, even if you are adding an SCM spin to them.
“We have neither the time nor the inclination to explain ourselves to a man who drinks coffee and programs under the blanket of the code management we provide, then questions the manner in which we provide it. ”
Too funny!
Go AccuRev!
As one of the earliest & largest adopters of CC (early 90s, Motorola, Atria looked at us like such a prize) I can tell you that today (15 years later) in my small consulting company we use SVN & it’s fine for our purposes, but I think Accurev is superior and it’s just a matter of time (and overcoming inertia) before we switch (or at least look into it).
But anyway back to CC, I don’t understand how *anyone* goes down that road anymore. Between upfront cost, maintenance cost, complexity, maintenance/admin burden, etc…. it’s just no longer in the race. I understand big companies have inertia (I just plead guilty to it myself) and culture & processes etc… but still at some point, someone’s gotta stand up & say (cue “Network” audio clip) “I’m mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore!”
Sorry for being ignorant, but what is CC? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CC doesn’t seem to mention it?
Hi Oliver, CC is for ClearCase, IBM Rational’s SCM product…