Subversion is for me the greatest
competitor to Perforce because it follows fundamentally the same model for
branching and integration.
In the long haul, it’s going to
behoove perforce to stay ahead of the curve on features and IDE integration so
as to not lose some customers.
Here are the reasons I think Perforce is
still a better choice:
1. Support/stability
Perforce is best product out there in
terms of support, period. I’ve never been dissatisfied. They’re
also, IMHO, a conservative company in terms of their inclusion of risky
features and changes.
2. Integration tracking
The big thing subversion is currently
missing feature wise is the ability to “know” which changes have
already been integrated when you’re integrating between two product
branches.
3. Administrative simplicity
There’s no version system out there
in which it is easier to do basic operations, setup, upgrade or manage.
4. GUI quality.
I don’t think p4win and p4v are
flawless in terms of usability, but they’re a lot better than the UIs for
CVS, Subversion, or ClearCase that I’ve seen. Newer features
like the revision history graph and the thumbnail stuff are nice improvements. Right
now most of the other GUI’s are struggling to meet basic use cases.
The three things Subversion has that
Perforce doesn’t (that I want)
1. Free (beer and speech). J
2. Binary file diffs
3. Customizable file properties
Jer
From:
perforce-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:perforce-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin O'Regan
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005
11:46 AM
To: perforce-user@xxxxxxxxxxxx;
kevin.oregan@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [p4] subversion to
perforce
Hi
From
reading the list for a while I know there are people who have migrated from
subversion.
What
features of perforce (for you) made it worth paying several hundred dollars per
user?
I ask
because after the merger of several companies there is a push on to standardise
our scm and subversion looks like being a favourite. As my office currently uses
perforce we'd obviously prefer if perforce was the standard.
regards
kevin
