RE: Vault Vs. MS Team Services

We can't really do any formal comparisons against
Team Foundation Server (TFS) just yet.  No beta
has been released, and the product release is
probably almost a year away.  We just don't have
the facts we need to do a good comparison.

Having said that, we are collecting comparison
datapoints that we *think* are true, based on
tidbits Microsoft has dropped in blogs and
various presentations:

1.  It is rumored that TFS will be very expensive.
Current MSDN Universal subscribers will not be
getting TFS.

2.  TFS will not support integration with Visual
Studio 2005, but not with any previous versions
of Visual Studio or with any other IDEs.

3.  TFS will not support the Share and Pin operations
from SourceSafe.

4.  TFS will not include any clients for non-Windows
platforms.

For now, that's about all we've got, and I don't
even think we can consider these issues to be set
in stone until TFS is finally released.

Vault 2.1 is currently under development.  We've
been targeting a release in September, but I'd have
to say October is more realistic.  This release will
include a bunch of small-to-medium improvements
plus integration with Dragnet, our new bug-tracking
tool, which will be released simultaneously.

The feature set for Vault 3.0 is currently under
discussion.  I won't name a date.

--
Eric Sink
Software Craftsman
http://software.ericsink.com/


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris =
Mullins
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 12:32 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [vault-list] Vault Vs. MS Team Services

As a consultant, I am frequently asked by customers to recommend =
development products. For quite some time now, I've been recommending =
Vault as the source code repositry for any projects greater in size than =
one person.=20
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With the forthcoming release of MS Team Services, and the very =
Vault-Like source control system, I'm looking for datapoints that shows =
the pros and cons of the two products. Ideally, this list would also =
list the new version of SourceSafe which has solved the problems that =
has plagued that product since inception.=20
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It would be really nice if this also had the Vault roadmap. I know Team =
Services is a much more complete suite, with full bug and issue =
tracking, along with a whole host of other very usefull features. What's =
the status for Vault getting a signifigant upgrade in terms of features =
in the next six months?=20
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Chris Mullins
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