Subject: Event 2010-10-25: Distributed Version Control - by: robertc

@vinnyjames I realise you're just promoting your product, but absolutist statements like your's are plainly wrong and do not reflect well on your organisation. You cannot know what is right for all organisations. Making these statements makes you look like a one trick pony--"The answer is Subversion MultiSite. Now, what was the question?".

The synopsis does not call Subversion 'monolithic' it say's Dan's organisation's Subversion repository was centralised and monolithic, which it may well have been. I think he's better placed to make that observation than you.

It is equally silly, hysterical, and ill-informed to say DVCS are "disparate silos of data..." stored on "laptops and ad-hoc servers". It really depends on how you manage your system.

Oh, and a company's IP is all over laptops etc. with Subversion (or don't you allow working copies on laptops?). (And I assume that you're aware of the moves to make Subversion working copies maintain local history---a little like DVCS?)

If you're going to plug your product on unrelated threads (this was an event announcement, not an advocacy piece), at least do it in a way that reflects well on you, it, and your organisation.

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