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    Bower

    		N/AN/ABower is a package manager for the web. Web sites are made of lots of things — frameworks, libraries, assets, and utilities. Bower manages these. Keeping track of all these packages and making sure they are up to date (or set to the specific versions you need) can be tricky. Bower helps with this also. Bower can manage components that contain HTML, CSS, JavaScript, fonts or even image files. Bower doesn’t concatenate or minify code or do…N/A

    Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (Discontinued)

    Score8 out of 10
    		N/AVisual SourceSafe is a discontinued source control software offering, from Microsoft.N/A
    Pricing
    BowerMicrosoft Visual SourceSafe (Discontinued)
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    Free Trial
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
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    1.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
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    3.8
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    Support Rating
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    4.2
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    User Testimonials
    BowerMicrosoft Visual SourceSafe (Discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    I would not recommend Visual SourceSafe to anyone out there as there are so many better, more modern solutions that do what it does and much more. Visual SourceSafe should be retired in most cases.
    Verified User
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    Pros
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    • At this point in its lifecycle there are not many things VSS does well
    • Its main strength would be its ability to be self contained on a local drive
    • It is a basic Code repository
    Incentivized
    Kyle Kochtan
    Technical Lead
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    Cons
    Open Source
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    Discontinued Products
    • The system stability could be improved. Often we get file corrupted errors.
    • The User Interface is not modern and not user-friendly.
    • Concurrent check-outs could be added, allowing more people to work on the same file at the same time.
    • Add conflict resolution, files comparison, blame file, features that any modern source control program should have.
    Incentivized
    Cristian Bodnarasec
    Senior Software Development Manager
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    Usability
    Open Source
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    Discontinued Products
    The current status of Visual SourceSafe is not usable. There are many things that are just so out of the date that it should be retired and not looked at any longer. If you have an existing application that is stored in it, I'd consider migrating it to a modern tool.
    Verified User
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    Support Rating
    Open Source
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    Discontinued Products
    It's a Microsoft product so the customer support is great. The program has been around a long time so there are plenty of places on line to get assistance. Also almost any development shop you go to will have at least one developer who has used this product extensively in their career.
    Incentivized
    Kyle Kochtan
    Technical Lead
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    Alternatives Considered
    Open Source
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    Incentivized
    Luca Campanelli
    Senior Betting & Online DB Administrator
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    Return on Investment
    Open Source
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    Discontinued Products
    • When we started using it, it allowed us to do source code versioning and store the code in a centralized location and not locally.
    • We are using it for very few projects with few developers that still maintain those applications and do not have time to merge the source code to Git.
    Incentivized
    Cristian Bodnarasec
    Senior Software Development Manager
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