From: wsc9tt@... (Wayne Scott)
Date: 2003-07-25T05:14:45+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] subversion, was [ANN] RubyForge.org

"Booth, Peter" <Peter.Booth@gs.com> wrote in message news:<0F17ACE0B516D51194BC009027FC497D27484A78@gsny43e.ny.fw.gs.com>...
> For me, the deciding moment was after installed a demo version of Bitkeeper
> on a Solaris and Linux server in the office, and my XP laptop, all in under
> 20 mins. It was incredible to be able to commit changes on my laptop whilst 
> disconnected from work LAN, and then merge the repository on return.
> 
> The other strength of distributed repositories is the ability to delegate
> commit privileges to subteams using sub-repositories that all merge to a
> common whole. This is apparently key to the Linux kernel project, and would
> be very useful for many large development projects.
> 
> I hope I get the chance to work with Bitkeeper on an ongoing basis.
> 
> Peter

Well I am one of the primary BitKeeper developers and I think Ruby is
the greatest thing since sliced bread.  So we are even. ;-)

Let me know if there is anything BitMover can do to help.

-Wayne