CVSNT is Changing
CVSNT Dev Team <[email protected]> Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:42:05 "GMT"
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style=3D"font-size:14px"><strong>There are big changes today to=
how people who rely on the CVSNT software will access it and=
contribute.</strong></p>
<p style=3D"font-size:12px">Since 2004 we've taken CVSNT=
from a tool that only a dedicated hobbyist would rely on to the=
version control engine that the largest retail and investment=
banks, pharmaceutical companies, retailers, manufacturers,=
universities and government departments rely on every day to=
manage change. After six years and seven major releases we are=
providing 100% of the development and documentation=
resources.</p>
<p>We have listened to our customers and are making=
some significant changes. You have told us that you want better=
documentation, stability, responsiveness, performance and=
support, so we are.</p>
<p><b>Today</b><br>
Software Change and Configuration Management benefits=
enormously through the use of Free Software because having the=
rights to change the source code allows better customisation to=
your business processes than mere scripting. CVSNT has=
grown from a simple port of CVS to compete feature for feature=
with proprietary SCCM tools, while still offering that ability=
to customise the software to your specific needs. CVSNT=
supports Failsafe Audit, File and Branch level Access Control,=
Change sets (both multi-commit/user-defined and auto commit),=
Native (password-free) windows authentication, Merge Tracking=
with Auto Merge and many other features no other open source=
SCCM does.</p>
<p><b>The problem</b><br>
For six years we have supplied two copies of CVSNT: a=
Community Edition designed for people who are actively=
developing CVSNT (for zero dollars), and a Professional Suite=
edition designed for people who want to run the software only=
(for a very modest fee). Yet every day companies contact=
us struggling with serious issues in the community edition that=
are easily solved in CVS Suite.</p>
<p><b>The Free Software Foundation's advice.</b><br>
The <a href=3D"http://www.gnu.org" style=3D"font-family:=
Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;color:=
#666666;">Free Software Foundation</a> (FSF) have a vested=
interest in ensuring that companies like ours succeed because we=
create <a href=3D"http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html"=
style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:=
12px;color: #666666;">Free Software</a> by investing hundreds of=
thousands of dollars into programmer hours, computers and office=
space. So we turned to them for <a=
href=3D"http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html"=
style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:=
12px;color: #666666;">advice</a>, and they recommend that we=
charge a distribution fee for all downloads.</p>
<p><b>The solution</b><a href=3D"#note1"=
style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:=
12px;color: #666666; text-decoration:none"><sup>*</sup></a><br>
We announce today that we have decided to take the <a=
href=3D"http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html"=
style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:=
12px;color: #666666;">FSF advice</a> and remove all downloads=
from the web site - the source code and installers for the=
'community software' are now available to purchase from the=
online store alongside CVS Suite.<br/>
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<tr><td style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;=
font-size: 12px;color: #666666;"><b>CVS Suite Trial</b></td><td=
style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:=
12px;color: #666666;" rowspan=3D"2">30 days to try with pre-sales=
support plus over 400 fixes and high performance server</td><td=
style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:=
12px;color: #666666;"><a=
href=3D"http://march-hare.com/cvspro/#downcvsnt"=
style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:=
12px;color: #666666;">FREE DOWNLOAD</a></td></tr>
<tr><td style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;=
font-size: 12px;color: #666666;"><b>CVS Suite</b></td><td=
style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:=
12px;color: #666666;"><nobr>£85</nobr> per=
person</td></tr>
<tr><td style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;=
font-size: 12px;color: #666666;"><b>CVS Suite x64</b></td><td=
style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:=
12px;color: #666666;">for HPUX, Solaris Sparc and SuSE=
Intel</td><td style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;=
font-size: 12px;color: #666666;"><nobr>£170</nobr> per=
person</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=3D"3" style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica,=
sans-serif; font-size: 12px;color: #666666;"><b><i>CVS Suite=
Annual Software Maintenance and E-mail and Telephone Support=
plans, starting from <nobr>£17</nobr> per=
copy/year</i></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;=
font-size: 12px;color: #666666;"><b>CVSNT Community</b></td><td=
style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:=
12px;color:=
#666666;">no support or warranty, no em=
ail support,<br/>no newsgroup, no mailing list. 100% Free=
Software.</td><td style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica,=
sans-serif; font-size: 12px;color:=
#666666;"><nobr>£426</nobr> per version</td></tr>
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<p><b>Thank you</b><br>
We look forward to you purchasing one of our products=
in the near future. We strongly recommend CVS Suite as the=
industry leading SCCM tool for commercial software development=
on any cost/benefit comparison.
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<p>Sincerely,<br>
The March Hare CVSNT Team:<br>
Arthur Barrett<br>
Tony Hoyle<br>
Glen Starrett<br>
Udo Pott<br>
Carles Zaragoza<br>
Wednesday June 30th, 2010
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<a name=3D"note1"/> <p style=3D"font-family: Arial,=
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color: #666666;">Note=
<sup>*</sup>: we will continue to supply 'client only'=
installers (with advertising) to other F&OSS projects by private=
distribution channels which they are able to redistribute under=
the terms of the GPL.
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<a href=3D"http://march-hare.com/cvspro/faq/faq1.asp#9c2"=
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<a href=3D"http://march-hare.com/cvspro/faq/faq1.asp#9c3"=
style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:=
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<a href=3D"http://march-hare.com/cvspro/faq/faq1.asp#9r1"=
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Source?</a><br/> </li>
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<a href=3D"http://march-hare.com/cvspro/faq/faq1.asp#9r"=
style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:=
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<a href=3D"http://march-hare.com/cvspro/faq/faq2.asp#3a0"=
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CVSNT</a><br/> </li>
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<a href=3D"http://march-hare.com/cvspro/faq/faq1.asp#9c"=
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<a href=3D"http://march-hare.com/cvspro/faq/faq1.asp#9c4"=
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l" style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:=
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Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;color:=
#666666;">CVSNT 2.8.01 release notes (CVS Suite=
2009)</a><br/> </li>
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<a href=3D"http://march-hare.com/cvspro/?pdf=3Dd" style=3D"font-family:=
Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;color:=
#666666;">CVSNT 2.5.03 SP2 release notes (CVS Suite=
2008)</a><br/> </li>
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