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                  Configuration Management Tools Summary

Introduction

  This is the newsgroup comp.software.config-mgmt "Frequently Asked
  Questions" (FAQ) posting of a Software Configuration Management tools
  summary. This is part 2 of the 3 part FAQ. Please review all parts
  before submitting suggestions or questions to the FAQ editor.

  The information contained in this summary is a consolidation of data
  obtained from a variety of sources around the Internet, but primarily
  from articles and comments posted on the comp.software.config-mgmt
  newsgroup. Additional information occasionally is emailed to the FAQ
  editor. Check the date above to see how recent the information you are
  reading might be.

 Sharing Of Information

  This document, as a collection of information, is Copyright 1995-2001
  by Dave Eaton. It may be freely redistributed in its entirety provided
  that this copyright notice is not removed. It may not be sold for
  profit or incorporated in commercial documents without the written
  permission of the copyright holder. This article is provided as is
  without any express or implied warranty. The content is the sole
  responsibility of the author and contributors, and does not
  necessarily represent the position of their employers nor an official
  position or opinion of any company. Please contact the FAQ editor
  regarding changes.

 Other Information

  Various products mentioned in this FAQ are the trademarks of their
  respective companies.

  All parts of this FAQ are posted to this newsgroup on or about the
  22nd of each month. (This is done manually and sometimes work
  interferes with this posting, please excuse any delays.)

  Like most FAQ lists, these parts are archived at rtfm.mit.edu (and
  various other sites which archive FAQs.) The parts are named:
    * cm-tools = Configuration Management Tools Summary (this document)
    * faq = General Questions
    * prob-mgt-tools = Problem Management Tools Summary

  and may be found in directory
  pub/usenet-by-group/comp.answers/sw-config-mgmt. Those new to the
  newsgroups should read news.announce.newusers for general information.

  For those with World Wide Web access, hyperlinked HTML versions of
  these documents are available via: http://www.daveeaton.com/scm/
  (If you type in this URL, remember that it is case sensitive.) These
  are updated throughout the month as changes come in. A letter is added
  to the version number and the date is changed with each edit to help
  you determine if you've already seen it.

 What this is not.

  If you are not sure what we mean by CM (or SCM), please see our
  definition in question [1.2] of FAQ section 1. If you still think this
  will help you with your PC hardware or application configuration, you
  are mistaken. Please see question [1.10] of FAQ section 1 for some
  suggestions of other more appropriate newsgroups for your question --
  do not post it to comp.software.config-mgmt. Thank you.

  Similarly, this FAQ is intended for tools which address the
  configuration management needs of the software development process.
  This does not include hardware configuration tracking or software
  distribution.

  This is not a definitive list of all available tools, nor is it
  intended to be. It is not a recommendation or endorsement of any of
  the tools mentioned. As noted above, it is a composit of opinions from
  the comp.software.config-mgmt newsgroup. If you have a tool you would
  like others to know about, please join the discussion.
    _________________________________________________________________

 ** What's New this Month? **

  1. Changes to Serena company name and address and its product names.
  2. Added SCons.
  3. Changed Bras Web address.
    _________________________________________________________________

 Still Needed

  Some tools have been mentioned in the newsgroup, but contact
  information (company name, address and phone or ftp location) as well
  as user comments are needed so they may be included in the report
  below. If you are a user of such a tool, please send a paragraph or
  two containing your comments and experiences as well as supplier
  contact information to the FAQ editor.
    _________________________________________________________________

Table of Contents

  1. Summary
  2. Abbreviations Used
  3. Process versus Configuration Management
  4. Commercial Vendor Contact List
  5. Version Control Systems Generally Available Free
  5-b. Tools to "make" or "build" Software
  6. Commercial Configuration Management Tools
  7. Tools Related To Configuration Management
  8. CM Tools with World Wide Web sites

1. Summary

 History

  The first posting of this FAQ was in April, 1994. Since the newsgroup
  was relatively new at that time, the early FAQ was 'jump started' with
  information obtained from the following sources:
    * the Usenet newsgroup comp.software-eng
    * the InterWorks (HP Workstation Users Group) CASE SIG mailing list
    * various printed matter

  Since then, it has been updated and changed substantially as readers
  have supplied additional information to the comp.software.config-mgmt
  newsgroup and directly to the editor.

 Contributions

  In addition to some of the vendors themselves, most information
  summarized here comes from newsgroup posts and email received from end
  users. Our gratitude is been extended to all who have contributed.

  Instructions for adding or changing information in this FAQ may be
  found in section 1.8 of part 1, the general FAQ for the
  comp.software.config-mgmt newsgroup.

 Not Official Statements

  Please use the summary below in the spirit with which it has been
  supplied: for information only. These statements are composites and do
  not represent official positions by any particular responder's
  company. Remember that these users may not be commenting on the
  current version of a product. It is recommended that you do your own
  research before making a tool decision for your company.

2. Abbreviations Used

  CM
         The abbreviation "CM" will be used throughout this document to
         mean "configuration management", and in particular, software
         configuration management or "SCM".

  FTP
         The user interface to the ARPANET standard File Transfer
         Protocol (FTP). The program allows you to transfer files to and
         from a remote network site.

  PC
         Personal Computer - Intel-based IBM or compatible.

3. Process versus Configuration Management

 Vendors Don't Always Differentiate

  Some products noted in this FAQ provide configuration management, not
  development process management, others provide both but to varying
  degrees. The vendors marketing configuration management tools do not
  always distinguish the difference nor do they always explain which
  services their tool is actually trying to provide for you. Briefly,
  these two concepts are:
    * Traditional Configuration Management - checkin/checkout control of
      sources (and sometimes binaries) and the ability to perform builds
      (or compiles) of the entities. Other functions may be included as
      well.
    * Process Management - control of the software development
      activities. For example, it might check to ensure that a problem
      report existed and had been approved for fixing and that the
      associated design, documentation, and review activities have been
      completed before allowing the code to be "checked in" again.

  While process management and control are necessary for a repeatable,
  optimized development process, a solid configuration management
  foundation for that process is essential.

 You Choose

  Be certain to determine what form of management is most important to
  your project, then be certain the tools you consider provide that
  function.

4. Commercial Vendor Contact List

 Vendors

  Platform availability and products are continually changing, please
  check vendors for current information and trade publications for new
  entrants. As of this writing, these vendors could be contacted as
  shown in this table.

                      Commercial CM Products
Product                  Vendor Address            Platforms

+1CM                     +1 Software Engineering   Sun (SunOS and Solaris)
                        2510-G Las Posas Road,
                        Suite 438
                        P.O. Box 6041
                        Camarillo, CA 93011
                        tel.: 805-389-1778
                        [email protected]

AccuRev/CM               AccuRev Inc.              Solaris, Compaq Alpha Unix,
                        62 Harvard St.            HP-UX, IRIX, RS/6000, FreeBS
D,
                        Brookline, MA 02445       Linux (Intel and PowerPC),
                        tel: 617-566-3914         WinNT Win2K client/server, W
indows
                        fax: 617-566-5035         9X clients.
                        [email protected]          Mac, more Unix, Java "soon"

Aldon/CMS                Aldon Computer Group     AS/400
                        1999 Harrison Street
                        Suite 1500
                        Oakland, CA 94612
                        tel.: 510-839-3535 (US)
                           +44.1932.355711 (UK)
                        [email protected]

AllChange                Intasoft Ltd.             PC (MS-WFW, MS Windows
                        Tresco House              Win95/98, WinNT), Sun Solari
s
                        Westpoint Court
                        Exeter EX5 1DJ UK
                        tel.: +44 (0) 1392-447780
                        FAX:  +44 (0) 1392-447781
                        [email protected]

Andromede                Jean-Francois Combes     Many Unix platforms,
                        Eslog                    Linux, LynxOS, VMS
                        2 bis, BUROSPACE
                        91571 Bievres CEDEX      Client avail. on MS Windows
                        France
                        Tel:00 33 1 69 85 51 51
                        [email protected]

CM Synergy               Telelogic AB              Tru64 Unix, HP-UX,
                        (World headquarters)      IBM RS/6000, SGI, Siemens, S
un
                        PO Box 4128               PC (MS Windows, Win95/98,
                        Kungsgaten 6 SE-203 12    WinNT client, WinNT server)
                        Malm�, Sweden
                        tel: +46 (40) 174700
                        FAX: +46 (40) 174747
                        [email protected]

                        US headquarters
                        Telelogic North America Inc.
                        9401 Jeronimo Road
                        Irvine, CA 92618 USA
                        Tel: +1-949-830-8022
                        Fax: +1-949-830-8023

Change and Configuration Computer Associates       IBM RS/6000 AIX,
Control (CCC/Harvest)    1 Computer Associates Plaza HP-UX, Sun (SunOS and
                        Islandia, N.Y. 11788      Solaris), Digital UNIX,
                        tel.: 1-800-225-5224      PC (OS/2, Win, Win/NT)
                              1-516-342-5224

ClearCase                Rational                 Digital Unix, HP-UX, RS/6000,
                        20 Maguire Road          SGI, Sun, PC (Red Hat Linux,
                        Lexington, MA 02421      Solaris, UnixWare, WinNT,
                        tel.: 781-676-2400       Win98)
                              800-728-1212       Attache provides client
                        FAX:  781-676-2420       functions for MS Windows.
                        email: [email protected]
                        or resold by DEC, SGI,
                        Sun Germany

Code Co-op               Reliable Software        PC (Win95, WinNT)
                        1011 Boren Ave
                        Suite 106
                        Seattle, WA 98104
                        tel.: 206-361-6679

Code Management System   Digital Equipment Corp.   DEC (OpenVMS/VAX,
(CMS) and Module         DECdirect                 OpenVMS/alpha)
Management System (MMS)  Continental Blvd.
                        Merrimack, NH 03054
                        tel.: 800-344-4825

Configuration Management IBM Corp.                 IBM RS/6000, Sun, HP-UX
Version Control (CMVC)   1133 Westchester Ave.
                        White Plains, NY 10604    Client only: PC (DOS,
                        tel.: 602-217-2025        OS/2, MS Windows)

CMVision and             Expertware                DEC (VMS, Ultrix, Unix),
Configuration Management 12901 Alcosta Blvd. Ste2A HP-UX, IBM RS/6000, PC
Facility (CMF)           PO Box 1847               (SCO UNIX), Sun
                        San Ramon, CA 94583
                        tel.: 510-867-0315

CMWin                    Expertware, Inc.
                        130 Ryan Industrial Court
                        Suite 210
                        PO Box 1847
                        San Remon, CA 94583
                        Tel: 510-820-7020
                             510-867-0315
                             214-357-1485
                        FAX: 510-820-4123

CMZ                      CodeME s.a.r.l.           PC (DOS), Win/NT
                        14, Rue de l'Eglise       (on ALPHA/PC), DEC/Ultrix,
                        F-01630 St. Genis-Pouilly Digital Unix, VAX/VMS &
                        France                    Alpha/OPENVMS, Silicon
                        tel.: +33 50420914        Graphics IRIX, SUN (OS4 @amp
;
                        FAX: +33 50 42 09 14      Solaris), HP9000/700 HPUX,
                        distributed via CERN:     Apollo, IBM RS/6000 AIX, IBM
                          [email protected]   VM/CMS, MVS/TSO, MVS/NEWLIB,
                                                  CRAY XMP/YMP UNICOS,
                                                  NeXtStep, LINUX,
                                                  Alliant, Convex, Gould

CONTROL-CS               Network Concepts, Inc.    Server: Compaq (Tandem)
                        9 Mt. Pleasant Turnpike   NSK, HP-UX, Linux, SCO,
                        Denville, NJ 07834-3612   SGI, Sun Solaris, MS WinNT
                        tel.: 973-285-0202
                        [email protected]            Client: PC (MS Win95/98,
                                                  WinNT)

Corporate RCS            Thompson Automation       HP-UX, Sun (Solaris),
                          Software                PC (DOS, MS Windows, WFW
                        5616 SW Jefferson         Win95, WinNT, OS/2)
                        Portland, OR 97221
                        tel: 800-944-0139
                             503-224-1639
                        FAX: 503-224-3230

Disciplined Software     Saint Mavris Technology   most major UNIXes,
Management               15 Wardell Dr             Windows
                        Lucas Heights
                        Sydney, NSW 2234
                        Australia
                        tel: 61-0403206586
                        FAX: 61-295410840
                        [email protected]

DRTS                     ILSI                      Sun (SunOS), PC (DOS,
                        6235 E. Monte Carlo Ave   MS Windows, Win95,
                        Scottsdale, AZ 85254      SCO UNIX)
                        tel.: 602-991-8281
                        FAX:  602-991-6324
                        [email protected]

Endevor Workstation      Computer Associates
                        1 Computer Associates Plaza
                        Islandia, N.Y. 11788
                        1-800-225-5224
                        1-516-342-5224

ExcoConf                 Excosoft AB               DEC OpenVMS, HP-UX,
                        Electrum 420              IBM AIX, Sun,
                        164 40 Kista
                        Sweden                    PC (MS Win3.1, Win95, NT)
                        tel.: +46 8 703 9190
                        FAX:  +46 8 703 9490
                        [email protected]

FtpVC                    Gregory Nisnevich         PC (MS Win95, NT)
(FTP Version Control)    [email protected]

Human-Oriented           Aladdin Knowledge         PC (MS Win95, NT)
Programming Environment    Systems, Inc.           (Sun Solaris in progress)
(HOPE)
                        tel.: 800-223-4277
                        tel.: 212-564-5678
                        FAX:  212-564-3377
                        [email protected]

Software Manager     Vertical Sky                  PC (MS-DOS, MS Windows,
                        2500 S Highland Ave       Win/NT, OS/2, SCO UNIX),
                        Lombard IL 60148          Most UNIX's (H-P, IBM
                                                  RS/6000, Sun.
                        tel.: 1-800-633-1235      See writeup
                           or 1-630-495-2108      for others.)
                        FAX:  1-630-495-3591
                        [email protected]

NeumaCM+                 Neuma Technology Inc.
                        1010 Polytek Unit 2       HP-UX, Solaris, AIX,
                        Ottawa, Ontario, Canada   SGI, Linux, SCO SunOS,
                        K1J 9H8                   OpenVMS, Win95, WinNT
                        tel.: 613-749-9450
                        FAX:  613-749-1416
                        [email protected]

Perforce                 Perforce Software         50+ including
                        2320 Blanding Ave         most Unix vendors, plus
                        Alameda, CA 94501         FreeBSD and Linux),
                        tel: +1-510-864-7400      Windows/95, Windows/NT,
                        FAX: +1-510-864-5340      Macintosh, OS/2,
                        [email protected]         VMS, BeOS,
                                                  IBM OS/390 Open Edition

Product Configuration    Tesseract Technologies    PC (DOS)
Management (PCM)           (Pty) Ltd               (Windows / Win95 in dev.)
                        P.O. Box 9
                        Irene 1675
                        South Africa
                        tel.:+27-12-997-2427
                              415-981-1800
                        FAX: +27-12-997-1082
                        [email protected]

PVCS                     MERANT                    HP-UX, IBM AIX RS/6000,
                        701 East Middlefield Rd   Sun Solaris, PC (SCO,
                        Mountain View, CA 94043   Win3.1, Win/NT, Win95)
                        tel.: 800-872-6265
                        FAX:  650-404-7217

                        Corporate Headquarters:
                        The Lawn
                        22-30 Old Bath Road
                        Newbury
                        Berkshire, England RG14 1QN
                        tel.: +1635 32646
                        FAX:  +1635 33966

(PVCS)                   Synergex                  Linux, SCO UNIX, SCO
                        2330 Gold Meadow Way      UnixWare, QNX, Apple
                        Gold River, CA 95670      Macintosh System 7.x, MIPS
                        tel.: 916-635-7300        ABI, DG AViiON, Digital
                        [email protected]         UNIX, OpenVMS/AXP, NCR,
                                                  AlphaNT, SVR4 iAPX,
                                                  Sequent's Dynix/Ptx,
                                                  and Sun OS.

QEF                      QEF Advanced Software Inc. Digital VMS with Posix
                        Toronto and Kitchener,    HP-UX, IBM AIX, MS WinNT,
                        Ontario, Canada           Solaris, UnixWare, IRIX,
                        [email protected]              Linux, Lynx

PrimeCode                Data Design Systems, Inc. Server: Tandem Himalaya
                        5915 Airport Blvd.
                        Suite 625                 Clients: Unix,
                        Mississauga, ON L4V 1T1   PC (Win, Win95, Win/NT,
                        Canada                    OS/2)
                        tel.: 905-677-6666
                        FAX:  905-677-6671
                        [email protected]

Razor                    Visible Systems           Sun (both Solaris and
                        248 Main Street           SunOS), HP, SGI,
                        Oneida, NY  13421         RS/6000, Digital Unix
                        tel.: 315-363-8000        Linux, PC(Win95/98,
                        FAX:  315-363-7488        WinNT)
                        [email protected]

Revision Control Engine  DuraSoft, GmbH            MS Win3.x, Win95, WinNT,
(RCE)                    Breslauerstr. 14          OS/2,
                        D-76139 Karlsruhe         AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Linux,
                        Germany                   SCO, SunOS, Solaris,
                        tel.: +49 721 968-4664    Digital Unix
                        FAX: +49 721 968-4665
                        marketing: [email protected]
                        support: [email protected]

Software Configuration   IBM Corp.                 A component of ISPF
Library Manager (SCLM)                             for IBM MVS mainframes

SABLIME                  Lucent Technologies       (wide range of UNIX)
                        Group
                        10 Independence Blvd.
                        Room 3A-32
                        Warren, New Jersey 07059
                        tel.: 800-462-8146 or
                              908-580-6444
                        FAX:  908-580-6335
                        Europe: +45 43 42 13 42
                        Europe FAX: +45 43 42 23 42

Serena ChangeMan DS      Serena Software Inc.      HP/3000 (HP MPE/iX)
                        2755 Campus Drive,        HP (HP-UX), HP NonStop,
                        3rd Floor                 IBM (AIX), Linux (Intel),
                        San Mateo, CA 94403       OS/390, OS/400, SCO UNIX,
                        tel.: 650-522-6600        SunOS/Solaris, AS400,
                        FAX: 650-522-6699         PC (MS Windows NT, Windows 2
000)
                        [email protected]

Serena Change Man ZMF    Serena Software, Inc.     IBM (MVS); Zos
                        2755 Campus Drive,        interface available
                        3rd Floor
                        San Mateo, CA 94403
                        tel.: 650-522-6600
                        FAX: 650-522-6699
                        [email protected]

SoftBench CM             Hewlett-Packard           HP-UX, Solaris
                        3404 E. Harmony Road
                        Fort Collins, CO 80525
                        tel.: 1-800-738-4447
                              Dept. A225

Source Code Manager      UniPress Software Inc     Unix: HP, IBM, Sun,
                        2025 Lincoln Hwy          SGI, SCO, DEC, Unixware,
                        Edison, NJ 08817          Linux
                        [email protected]
                        tel.: 908-287-2100
                              800-222-0550
                        FAX:  908-287-4929

SourceOffSite            SourceGear Corporation    PC (Win95/98, WinNT)
Professional Edition     3200 Farber Drive         Other clients: Linux, Solari
s
                        Champaign, IL 61822
                        tel.: 217-356-3213
                        [email protected]

StarTeam                 StarBase Corporation      PC (Win95, WinNT),
                        4 Hutton Centre Dr.       UNIX command line support
                        Suite 800
                        Santa Ana, CA 92707
                        USA
                        tel.: 714-445-4400
                        FAX:  714-445-4404

TeamConnection           IBM Corp.                UNIX and PC
                        1133 Westchester Ave.
                        White Plains, NY 10604
                        tel.: 602-217-2025

TeamSite                 Interwoven, Inc.          Server: Windows NT,
                        1195 W. Fremont Ave.#2000  Sun Solaris
                        Sunnyvale, CA 94087       Client: Any System
                        tel.: 408-774-2000         with Web Browser
                        FAX:  408-774-2002         (NFS+SMB)
                        [email protected]

SPARCworks/TeamWare      SunSoft                   Sun (SunOS, Solaris 2)
ProWorks/TeamWare        2550 Garcia Ave.          Intel (Solaris, UnixWare)
                        Mountain View, CA  94043  HP (Early Access in 1994)
                        tel.: 1-800-SUNSOFT (U.S.)
                              +1 415-336-6848
                        FAX:  +1 415-968-6396
                        [email protected]

TLIB                     Burton Systems Software   PC (DOS, Windows,
                        P.O.Box 4157              Win/NT, OS/2)
                        Cary, NC 27519-4157  USA
                        tel.: 1-919-233-8128
                        FAX:  1-919-233-0716

TRUEchange               TRUE Software             DEC (VAX/VMS, Digital
(formerly ADC/Pro)       300 Fifth Avenue          UNIX), HP-UX, RS/6000 AIX,
                        Waltham, MA 02154         Siemens/Pyramid, SGI UNIX,
                        tel.: 781-890-4450        Sun (SunOS, Solaris,
                        FAX:  781-890-4452        Solaris x86), Sequent
                        [email protected]         DYNIX, IBM MVS,
                                                  PC (MS Win95, Win/NT)

Turnover                 SoftLanding Systems      AS/400
                        84 Elm Street
                        Peterborough, NH 03458
                        tel.: +1-603-924-8818
                               1-800-545-9485
                        FAX:  +1-603-924-8508
                        [email protected]

Visual Enabler           Softlab                   Clients: PC (Win95, WinNT)
                        1000 Abernathy Rd,        Servers: WinNT
                        Suite 1000                (AIX, HP-UX, Digital UNIX
                        Atlanta, GA 30328          planned 4Q97)
                        tel.: +1 770 668 8811
                        FAX:  +1 770 668 8712
                        [email protected]

Visual SourceSafe        Microsoft Corp.           PC (MS-DOS, MS Windows,
                        One Microsoft Way         Win/NT: Intel, Alpha, MIPS),
                        Redmond, WA 98052-6399
                        tel.: 800-426-9400
                        FAX:  206-635-6100

                        Mainsoft                  UNIX (AIX, HP-UX,
                        1270 Oakmead Parkway,     SPARC Solaris,
                        Suite 310                 SGI MIPS)
                        Sunnyvale, CA 94086
                        tel.: 800-MAIN WIN (USA)
                        tel.: 408-774-3400
                        FAX:  408-774-3404

                        Metrowerks Corporation    Macintosh
                        9801 Metric Boulevard
                        Austin TX 78758
                        tel.: 512-873-4700
                        FAX:  512-873-4901
                        [email protected]

Versions Of Outdated     UNI Software Plus         Macintosh
Documents Organized      Softwarepark Hagenberg
Orthogonally (Voodoo)    A-4232 Hagenberg
                        AUSTRIA (Europe)
                        FAX: +43 (7236) 37 69
                        [email protected]

  As with products in many markets, some CM Tools and vendors come in
  and some leave. The following list contains information for products
  which may be still in use, but for which newsgroup contributors were
  unable to locate current market contacts or for which the vendors had
  advised the tool was obsolete. They are listed here to help anwser
  questions such as "Heard about tool XYZ?" (If any tools are
  erroneously listed here, please accept my apologies and inform the FAQ
  editor so it may be corrected.)
                      Commercial CM Products
Product                  Vendor Address            Platforms

Adele                    Verilog SA                HP-UX, Sun
                        150 Rue Nicolas Vauqelin
                        BP 1310, 31106
                        Toulouse Cedex, France    (No longer marketed)

Domain Software          Hewlett-Packard Co.       Apollo
Engineering Environment  300 Apollo Drive
(DSEE)                   Chelmsford, MA 01824
                        tel.:
                         1-800-637-7740 (US)
                         1-800-387-3867 (Canada)  (No longer marketed)

MS Delta                 Microsoft                 (Retired and replaced
                                                   by Visual SourceSafe)

SMS                      Intasoft                  (withdrawn, see AllChange)

5. Version Control Systems Generally Available "Free"

 "Free" But Perhaps Not Fully Supported

  There are a number of tools generally available at no charge - some
  are delivered with most UNIX systems (so yes, you may pay for them,
  but the price is bundled with what you pay your vendor already),
  others need to be transferred from an archive site on the Internet
  using a tool such as FTP. In some cases they will need to be compiled
  at your site. Most come bundled with adequate documentation. Since
  many of these tools are provided without support, it may not be
  advisable to use them on some projects. For completeness, they have
  been listed here despite that potential drawback. Those tools with
  World Wide Web sites are listed in section 8, CM Tools With World Wide
  Web Sites at the end of this document. (The Web site may provide more
  specific product information than can be made available in this FAQ.)

 /BriefCase Toolkit

  The /BriefCase 3 Toolkit expands the basic capabilities of the
  Revision Control System (RCS) commands to manage software system
  component revisions throughout their development, release and
  maintenance life-cycles. It runs on most Unix/Linux systems with the
  generally available versions of the Korn Shell and awk. Available
  since 1992 from Applied Computer Sciences, inc., /Briefcase source is
  released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Contact them at
  P.O.Box 8003; Cave Creek, AZ 85327; (voice) 623-465-8865, (fax)
  623-465-1078 or email: [email protected] or visit
  http://www.applied-cs-inc.com/bcintro.html on the Web for additional
  information.

 Emacs Offers Extensions For Version Control

  While not a CM tool in itself, Emacs 19 includes a mode called VC that
  increases the leverage available from RCS, SCCS, or CVS, and decreases
  the hassles of using those CM tools. VC automatically detects which
  version control system is being used and auto-configures for it.
  (Systems can be mixed and it will do the right thing). It hides the
  details of registration, checkin, checkout and lock-stealing behind a
  simple one-command "do the next logical thing" interface -- users
  never leave Emacs. VC also includes functions for viewing version
  diffs and change histories, making and retrieving named release
  snapshots, and generating version-difference patches. It even supports
  a modified Dired mode that allows you to do "batch" version-control
  operations on groups of files (for example, it becomes trivial to
  check in changes to 23 different files with the same change comment).

  Additional information may be obtained by invoking Emacs 19 and typing
  `M-x info RETURN m emacs RETURN m vc RETURN'.

 Aegis

  Aegis is a project change supervisor distributed under the GNU public
  license. It was written by Peter Miller ([email protected] or
  [email protected]). Reportedly it is a developer's tool, not a
  manager's tool. It does not provide progress tracking or manage work
  allocation. Aegis 2.2 copes with heterogenous environments.

  While CVS (described elsewhere in this report) provides a repository;
  aegis provides a repository, a baseline, mandatory reviews and
  mandatory testing. Aegis may be configured to use almost any history
  tool (such as RCS) and almost any dependency maintenance tool (such as
  make), although traditional make may not be sufficiently capable.

  The most significant point of departure between CVS and Aegis is
  around the "checkin" function. Although CVS does have the ability to
  run a script which allow or disallows a checkin before it occurs,
  Aegis breaks this step into several pieces: the change must be known
  to build, the change must have tests and those tests be known to have
  run and passed, the change must then be reviewed (double check), and
  then built and tested again (triple check).

  The latest information and version of Aegis is available by HTTP from
  http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/. Reference material, the
  complete sourse, and its own FAQ are available.

 BCS

  BCS stands for Baseline Configuration System. It was written by Jay
  Berkenbilt ([email protected]) and runs on UNIX only. Like CVS, BCS attempts
  to add concurrency to an existing version control system, but it does
  so with a different approach. The primary function of BCS is to
  maintain a stable "baseline" controlled under RCS or SCCS and multiple
  "staging areas" that are mirrors of the baseline (implemented as
  symbolic link trees).

  BCS is no longer being actively enhanced or maintained. The last
  released version was 2.0.2. Version 3.0 alpha 6, from late 1995, is a
  stable snapshot version that implements some of the changes specified
  for version 3.0. No further releases are expected. Please email the
  author ([email protected]) for further information.

 CVS

  CVS (Concurrent Versions System), which requires RCS (built in after
  version 1.10), extends RCS to control concurrent editing of sources by
  several users working on releases built from a hierarchical set of
  directories. "RCS is [analogous to using] assembly language, while CVS
  is [like using] Pascal", according to the author. Beginning with rev
  1.8, a "cvs annotate" command displays the last modification for each
  line of a file, with the revision number, user checking in the
  modification, and date of the modification.

  CVS is available for download from ftp://ftp.cvshome.org/pub/. A user
  WWW site is available at http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html

  Information about tkcvs, a Tk based graphical interface to CVS, may be
  found at: http://www.twobarleycorns.net/tkcvs.html. Information about
  a Web interface to CVS may be found at:
  http://stud.fh-heilbronn.de/~zeller/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/.

  Cervisia is a KDE graphical frontend for the the CVS client. It
  features checking out a module from a repository; updating or
  retrieving the status of a working directory or single files; common
  operations like add, remove and commit; diff against the repository
  and between different revisions; annotated view of a file; view of the
  log messages in tree and list form; and resolving of conflicts in a
  file. A changelog editor is integrated with commiting files. Cervisia
  may be found at http://cervisia.sourceforge.net/.

  WinCVS is a GUI front end for CVS. Versions are available (under the
  terms of the GPL) for several platforms, including Windows and Mac.
  More information may be found at http://www.wincvs.org/.

  The Chrooted SSH CVS server HOW-TO, which describes the steps
  necessary to setup a very network-secure CVS server, allowing SSH
  access to chrooted CVS repositories may be found at
  http://www.idealx.org/prj/idx-chrooted-ssh-cvs/dist/chrooted-ssh-cvs-s
  erver.html.

 GNU CSSC

  An test release of GNU CSSC version 0.09 is available. This is still
  an alpha edition (i.e., not a final release). CSSC is, of course,
  covered by the GNU General Public License.

  CSSC may be found in the file (about 375K long, compressed)
  ftp://alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/CSSC/CSSC-0.09alpha.pl0.tar.gz

  GNU CSSC is a workalike for the traditional SCCS suite. If you didn't
  already know what SCCS is, please use RCS instead of trying CSSC. This
  software is not reccomended for new projects, but is a faithful
  reproduction of SCCS, though some features may not be available yet.

  The principal aim for the prerelease is to get CSSC tested on as many
  platforms as possible, and to obtain new test suites so that more
  extensive testing can be done.

  Documentation is provided, but is very incomplete, and if you need
  much documentation you should be using RCS or CVS instead.

  Comments about the CSSC package should be directed to
  [email protected]. CSSC was originally based on the public domain
  package MySC, which was written by Ross Ridge.

 ICE

  Its authors report that the Incremental Configuration Engine (ICE) is
  a tool that will provide a logic-based support for all areas of
  configuration management, including integrated and uniform revision
  and variant management, binary file repositories, inference of
  configuration consistency, and deductive program construction, while
  being as compatible as possible with existing standards.

  Users have reported problems with crashes in the GUI and some "serious
  problems" with the command line. It mapped filenames in the usual 8.3
  PC NFS manner, even if the source file and archive files were on the
  same Windows 95 disk, and it didn't do that mapping consistantly,
  causing the user to be unable to check in two files with similar names
  or to out a file which had been checked in because it mapped the name
  differently. Although it is still available, ICE is no longer
  maintained.

  A supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.cs.tu-bs.de/softech/ice/

 ODE

  The OSF Development Environment (ODE) from the Open Group is a
  flexible development environment with build and source control
  features and both private and public work areas for software
  development. Additional information and download may be found at:
  http://www.accurev.com/ode/index.html

 Project Revision Control System (PRCS)

  PRCS, the Project Revision Control System is the front end to a set of
  tools that deal with sets of files and directories as an entity,
  preserving coherent versions of the entire set.

  PRCS was designed primarily by Professor P. N. Hilfinger, with input
  and modifications by Luigi Semenzato and Josh MacDonald. PRCS is
  written and maintained by Josh MacDonald.

  Its purpose is similar to that of SCCS, RCS, and CVS, but (according
  to its authors, at least), it is much simpler than any of those
  systems.

  PRCS can be found at ftp://XCF.Berkeley.EDU/pub/prcs. HTML
  documentation and recent developments are available online at
  http://www.xcf.berkeley.edu/~jmacd/prcs.html.

  PRCS is released under the GNU public license.

 RCS

  RCS (Revision Control System) is often considered to be better than
  SCCS. One reason for this is that RCS baselines the most recent
  version and keeps deltas for earlier ones, making new development
  faster. Additional discussions concerning SCCS vs RCS may be found in
  the comp.unix.questions FAQ, section 7 at:
  http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/part7/

  RCS still requires scripts to make life easier on the developer.
  Originally created by Walter Tichy, RCS is still maintained by Purdue
  (email to [email protected]). It is available on the GNU
  distribution, has been widely ported, and is free.

  RCS is available via anonymous FTP from
  ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/rcs/ and its mirror sites. Specific
  ports have been found at:
     site                  filename
   wuarchive.wustl.edu   systems/amiga/aminet/dev/misc/HWGRCS* (Amiga port)
                         systems/atari/umich.edu/Programming/rcs* (Atari port)

  DOS and NT versions have been available at http://www.winsite.com/.

  RCS works best with GNU diffutils 2.7; look for diffutils-2.7.tar.Z.
  Many CASE tools interface with RCS.

  The FSF offers a book (108 pgs.) and CD-ROM containing the DJGPP port
  of GCC and many GNU utilities, including Diffutils and RCS. More
  information can be found at: http://www.fsf.org/order/windows.html

 rcsview - RCS and CVS file viewer

  Written in Tcl, rcsview is a companion tool that allows you to view
  the different versions of an ASCII file that is being maintained under
  RCS or CVS. Each line is colored according to the file version from
  which it came. The initial version to view may be specified on the
  command line; if no version is specified, the most recent version is
  viewed. It is available by ftp from:
  ftp.pmg.lcs.mit.edu/pub/andru/rcsview-1.2.tar.gz - its author is
  Andrew Myers ([email protected]).

 SCCS

  SCCS (Source Code Control System) is comes with most UNIX
  distributions. It has been ported to many different platforms, but is
  no longer being enhanced or improved. Though disputed, the general
  consensus has been that this tool is clumsy and not suited to large
  numbers of users working on one project. A common misconception is
  that SCCS baselines the initial version and keeps deltas to create
  newer versions. Actually, SCCS interleaves all the versions; this is
  not as bad as the common misconception, but it can make new
  development get progressively slower. Many people place scripts around
  the SCCS commands to improve the user interface.

 ShapeTools

  The shape toolkit (ShapeTools) is a set of commands for change
  control, developed by Axel Mahler, Andreas Lampen and others at the
  Technical University of Berlin. It consists of a repository (the
  Attributed File System), version control programs, a build driver
  (compatible with make), release management system, and EMACS editor
  interface. ShapeTools 1.3 was released in late May 1992; it runs on
  many UNIX variants.

  ShapeTools is available from ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/plan/shape/

  In addition, gatekeeper has a mail archive server; send a message to
  [email protected] whose body contains the single line "help".
  A user WWW site is available at
  http://swt.cs.tu-berlin.de/~shape/index.html

 Subversion

  The Subversion project (available under an Apache/BSD-style open
  source license) is intended as a replacement for CVS in the open
  source community. In addition to including all current CVS features,
  it provides versioning of directories, file renames, and file
  meta-data and it supports symbolic lynks. Commits are atomic; revision
  numbers are per-commit, not per-file. For more information, see their
  Web site at: http://subversion.tigris.org/.

5-b. Tools to "make" or "build" Software

  While these are not "CM" tools in the general sense, the make or build
  function is an intimate part of the overall CM process. Some
  commercial CM tools include their own make or build capability. There
  are also stand-alone commercial build tools available, but those are
  beyond the scope of this FAQ. The tools listed here all have source
  which is freely available and these tools have been mentioned in
  articles posted on this newsgroup. Please follow the pointers to the
  specific tool information.

 Ant

  Ant is a Java based build tool which is different from other "make"
  type tools. Ant is extended using Java classes rather than shell
  commands. Instead of writing shell commands and the configuration
  files are XML based calling out a target tree where various tasks get
  executed rather than Makefiles. For more information, see the Web site
  at http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/.

 Bake

  Bake is an intelligent Open Source build tool for developers. Its
  features include: "automagic dependency information gathering" and it
  is released under the WERKEN PUBLIC LICENSE (WPL), an Open Source
  license. Additional information may be found at
  http://bake.werken.com/.

 Bras

  Rule Based Command Execution: http://bras.berlios.de/ It is written in
  Tcl, so no compilation is required. Its rules include a Tcl-syntax so
  that commands associated with rules may contain control structures.

 BuildRef

  This toolset manages references between baseline builds when compiling
  large software projects that consist of multiple smaller projects. It
  is listed with other utilities at:
  http://www.sander.cupertino.ca.us/source.html

 Cons

  A software construction system: http://www.dsmit.com/cons/ CONS is a
  Perl5-based replacement for MAKE, though it is not compatible with
  make. Reportedly, it has a number of capabilities not found in other
  software construction systems, including make. CONS supports building
  on both UNIX operating systems and Windows NT. CONS is distributed
  under a license similar to the BSD license. An FAQ is available at
  http://www.baldmt.com/cons-faq/

 Cook

  A software build tool: http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/cook.html
  Cook is a tool for constructing files. It is given a set of files to
  create, and recipes of how to create them. The source distribution is
  self configuring using a GNU Autoconf generated configure script.

 Jam

  Make(1) Redux: http://www.perforce.com/jam/jam.html Jam/MR is a
  make(1) replacement that makes building simple things simple and
  building complicated things manageable. The Jam/MR source code is
  freely available from Perforce Software, and comes with no warranty,
  guarantee, or user support.

 Odin

  Not a CM tool, but according to author Geoffrey Clemm, Odin is a
  simpler, more reliable, and more powerful replacement for Make. It is
  designed to combine the simplicity and elegance of the original Make
  program with the power of the latest super-Makes. Some of Odin's
  features include:
    * building several variants concurrently from a single source tree
    * parallel builds on multiple remote hosts
    * persistent dependency database with incremental update
    * building directly from arbitrary versions of RCS and SCCS files,
      without requiring checkout of working copy
    * complete separation between build rules and system definitions

  Odin is distributed under the GNU General Public License. The source
  code and reference manual for Odin can be retrieved via anonymous ftp
  from ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/distribs/odin/ You can subscribe to
  the Odin mailing list ([email protected]) by sending a "subscribe
  odin" mail message to [email protected].

 SCons

  SCons is a software construction tool (build tool, or alternative to
  Make) implemented in Python, based on the winning design in the
  Software Carpentry build tool competition (in turn based on the Cons
  build tool). A web site is available at: http://www.scons.org/.

6. Commercial Configuration Management Tools

 Growing Number On Market

  With an increased emphasis on software development costs, more
  companies have begun offering stand-alone configuration management
  tools. It is impossible to provide user's comments concerning all the
  available tools. A brief summary of the tools mentioned most
  frequently on the Usenet newsgroup comp.software.config-mgmt is
  provided below so that your site may decide if it would be appropriate
  to consider one of these tools. These comments do not necessarily
  reflect the opinion or experiences of the author of this document.

  Contact information such as address and phone number may be found in
  section 4, Commercial Vendor Contact List, of this document. Those
  products with World Wide Web sites are listed in section 8, CM Tools
  With World Wide Web Sites at the end of this document. (The Web site
  may provide more specific product information than can be made
  available in this FAQ.)

 +1CM

  +1CM from +1 Software Engineering is one of fourteen products
  supporting the +1Environment. It supports multiple users working on a
  common project over a network. GUI is based on the graphical calling
  structure of the source code. +1CM supports all basic CM commands,
  baselines, and predefined CM reports. With +1CR, +1CM supports process
  management. With +1Base, generates makefiles for C, C++, FORTRAN,
  Pascal, and other languages. Also provides support for Ada libraries.
  A supplier WWW site is available at http://www.plus-one.com

 AccuRev/CM

  AccuRev(tm), from AccuRev Inc. (formerly Ede Development Enterprises)
  is a transaction based internet client/server CM tool. It
  automatically versions directories, provides transaction-oriented (as
  opposed to file-oriented) pre & post triggers which can run on both
  the client and the server. AccuRev has been written from scratch and
  is not built on top of an existing system such as RCS or SCCS.

  Users have reported that installation was simple and the features were
  useful and robust. Particularly liked was its implicit branching.
  AccuRev provides good support wih rapid turn-around on questions and
  is integrated with the company's problem management tool,
  AccuRev/Dispatch.

  A supplier WWW site is available at http://www.accurev.com

 AllChange

  AllChange is a full-featured configuration management and change
  control system with integrated problem management from Intasoft. Its
  features include:
    * version creation, tracking, restoration
    * user-definable life-cycles with action triggering for automated
      procedures
    * change request/fault tracking, with actions and links to objects
    * workspaces, shared pools, full configuration building
    * baselines, releases, monitors, registers, ...
    * query/reporting facilities
    * metrics generation and graphical reporting
    * completely configurable; script language; open interface to tools
    * Motif/Windows GUIs or command line
    * available for Unix, Windows 3.x, NT and 95
    * client/server support

  A user reports it is a very flexible configuration management system
  which may be configured to match whatever life-cycle you are using and
  to enforce whatever constraints you need. Support has been good. A
  supplier WWW site is available at http://www.intasoft.net

 CCC/Harvest, CCC/Manager, CCC QuikTrak

  The Change and Configuration Control (CCC) family of change and
  configuration control products provide comprehensive CM solutions for
  every major computing platform, from mainframe to VAX to UNIX to PC,
  including cross-platform, client/server environments.

  CCC/Harvest is Computer Associates' (formerly Platinum Technology) CM
  solution specifically designed for cross-platform, client/server
  software development environments. CCC/Harvest utilizes commercially
  available RDBMSs, integrated problem tracking, an API and GUI to
  provide process management, visibility and control over the entire
  development life cycle. CCC/Harvest also provides robust CM features
  that automate version control, change packaging, staging, concurrent
  and parallel development, multiple releases, emergency maintenance and
  software customization. A supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.cai.com/products/ccm/

  CCC/Manager is a CM tool for homogeneous development environments that
  automates the management of version control, change packaging,
  staging, concurrent and parallel development, multiple releases,
  emergency maintenance and software customization. CCC/Manager is
  available for Windows, OS/2, Windows NT, Sun-4/SPARCstation, HP9000,
  DEC RISC/ULTRIX, IBM RS/6000, Silicon Graphics and SCO. CCC/Life Cycle
  Manager provides CM for IBM/MVS systems, including component and
  application management, application merging, parallel development and
  vendor code maintenance.

  CCC QuikTrak is a powerful, automated change and version management
  tool for Excel spreadsheet users that keeps track of multiple
  spreadsheet versions and allows users to quickly compare versions and
  identify the impact of their changes. It also conserves disk space by
  saving only the changes made to spreadsheets instead of a duplicate of
  the entire file. CCC QuikTrak appears directly within Excel as an
  additional menu in the menu bar.

 ClearCase

  ClearCase, by Rational (formerly Pure Atria) was designed by the
  original DSEE architects (see below). It runs on a variety of Unix and
  MS Windows systems (see platforms above). The Attache product provides
  most client functions for Windows users. Both a command line interface
  and a GUI are available.

  In addition to version control and CM functions, advanced capabilities
  include 32-way merge, versioning of any object (including
  directories), logical version labeling, parallel builds distributed
  over a network, and triggers for local site customizing. Versioned
  history files may be compressed for space savings. The checkout
  mechanism gives the appearance of leaving the file in place, so the
  ClearCase source library is often used as a current working directory.
  Although traditional make files may be used, simpler syntax and
  enhanced tracking functions are available with clearmake. An automated
  conversion utility aids migration from other CM tools. The unique DSEE
  conversion utility preserves all DSEE versions, dates and reasons of
  changes, indications of merges, and version labels in the new
  database.

  The ClearCase MultiSite(TM) option provides support for parallel
  development and software reuse across geographically distributed
  project teams, even without a network connection. ClearDDTS provides
  integrated problem management and the ClearGuide option provides
  software process management functions to round out the tool offering.

  Tools automating a complex process are always a bit tricky to learn or
  configure and user comments confirm that is the case at many ClearCase
  sites. However, this quote from a satisfied user seems to echo the
  feelings of many who find ClearCase a necessity at their locations:
  "If you could measure the true cost of producing software (and not
  just the cost of the tools used), you will find that ClearCase is a
  bargain."

  A supplier WWW site is available at http://www.rational.com

 CM Synergy

  CM Synergy from Telelogic (which acquired Continuus Software Corp.,
  formerly CaseWare, Inc., formerly Amplify Control) is an interactive
  development environment emphasizing configuration management. Its
  client/server architecture can be distributed across all supported
  platforms to implement distributed development and SCM. A supplier WWW
  site is available at http://www.telelogic.com/

 CMF

  Configuration Management Facility (CMF) supports a hierarchy of
  projects, end items and files. Components from the controlled area can
  easily be moved into and out of the user's staging area. Files can be
  shared using links; when parallel development is turned on for a link,
  branching is enabled. There is a facility for problem reports and an
  extensive capability for forms building and filling. The Build Support
  Tool provides templates for Makefiles. In addition to the menu driven
  and command line interfaces, common commands can be executed from the
  operating system via C functions. A supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.cmvision.com/

 Code Co-op

  Reliable Software's Code Co-op is a server-less version control system
  for the PC which enables programmers to exchange scripts via the
  Internet. A supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.relisoft.com/co_op/

 CMS and MMS

  Included in Digital Equipments Corp.'s DECset are CMS and MMS. CMS:
  Code Management System; Code libraries and configuration control. MMS:
  Module Management System; Like make integrated to CMS. These products
  are operational on VMS platforms. A supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.openvms.compaq.com/commercial/decset/decset_index.html

 CMVC

  IBM Configuration Management and Version Control (CMVC) is a
  client-server based tool provided with both a GUI and command line
  interface. It performs integrated defect/feature tracking and source
  control. Source files are stored in file trees known as Releases. CMVC
  encourages file sharing via the concept of File Links. A File may be
  linked to several Releases. Within Releases, files can be grouped into
  Components. Components are arranged in a tree-like structure.
  Components provided logical grouping as well as notification and
  access control to the files and associated Defects. CMVC also provides
  the concept of a Level, which can be thought of as snapshot (in time)
  of a given Release. All information about files, defects, etc is
  stored in a relational database. This makes CMVC a powerful tool for
  reporting and information gathering. A front-end tool allows users to
  perform SQL queries. A choice of databases is available, including
  Sybase, DB/6000, Oracle, and Informix. It is well suited to medium to
  large projects. This product has been replaced by IBM TeamConnection.

 CMZ

  CMZ is a code and text manager for all programming and text processing
  languages. It is widely used in all High Energy Physics Institutions
  to provide version archiving, editing, checking, and library
  management functions. There are some additional built-in utilities to
  aid C and Fortran users. CMZ files can be binary compressed to
  minimize the use of disk space. CMZ binary compressed files can be
  copied from one platform to another without conversion or they can be
  accessed through mounts over a heterogeneous network via NFS, AFS,
  etc. CMZ provides an identical user interface on all platforms listed
  in the table above. In addition, the vendor says they are committed to
  supporting CMZ on all new popular platforms so that CMZ customers can
  be assured of continued support in the future. A supplier WWW site is
  available at http://wwwinfo.cern.ch/cmz/

 CONTROL-CS

  Network Concepts began offering an SCM tool called CONTROL to the
  Tandem (now Compaq) computer market place in 1982. It now also offers
  a client-server product, CONTROL-CS. The client runs under several PC
  operating systems. Servers are availabile for Compaq NSK, WinNT, and
  UNIX platforms. A supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.nci-sw.com/

 Corporate RCS

  Corporate RCS by Thompson Automation Software manages software
  versions over mutliple platforms. A supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.tasoft.com/

 Disciplined Software Management

  Disciplined Software Management by Saint Mavris Technology is a
  client/server system. It contains three functional areas: Software
  Development for version control, make and build; Software Management
  for software distribution and releasing; Discipline 4GL, is a 4GL used
  for implementing the user interface, screens, and commands. The entire
  functionality of Discipline consists of server transactions which can
  be invoked locally or remotely by a Discipline 4GL program. This
  architecture allows it to be tailored to the exact user requirements
  and methodology. A supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.mavris.com/

 DRTS

  The Distributed Revision Tracking System (DRTS) by ILSI provides
  software configuration management. A supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/samurai/ilsi/

 DSEE

  Domain Software Engineering Environment (DSEE - pronounced dizzy) by
  Apollo (now Hewlett-Packard) was an excellent program that had
  excellent version control and managed builds for the user. These
  builds could be customized easily to a specific purpose and spread out
  over several different machines simultaneously. It was excellent for
  large development projects. DSEE's main problem was that it could not
  be ported to other machines since it used the proprietary facilities
  of Domain/OS. Hewlett-Packard has classified Domain/OS as "mature" and
  most customers have migrated to HP-UX (which will not run DSEE) and
  many chose ClearCase as their CM tool replacement. DSEE was marketed
  only by Hewlett-Packard and is no longer sold. It is included here for
  historical reference (and because a few sites were still using it even
  after 2000).

 ExcoConf

  ExcoConf by Excosoft AB is reportedly a high-end SCM tool available
  for multiple platforms. Marketed since 1986, about 80% of its 200
  customers are located in Sweden. Its customer base includes 3-4000
  users world wide. Since little has been mentioned on the newsgroup
  about it, user comments are requested. Please send them to the FAQ
  editor (see bottom of this FAQ).

 Endevor Workstation

  Endevor Workstation from Computer Associates Intnl. automates the
  software development process, including software configuration
  management. A supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.cai.com/products/endevor_ws.htm

 FtpVC (FTP Version Control)

  FtpVC (FTP Version Control) is a simple shareware MS Windows 95 and
  Windows NT version control system available by ftp from Gregory
  Nisnevich. It allows "joined" software development using Internet FTP
  connections. Developers may perform simple SCM tasks such as get,
  check out, check in, and undo check out files on a remote server. This
  program lacks some features that are common to modern version control
  systems such as file versioning, branching, merging, and other
  advanced features. However, since it utilizes a full file copy, there
  is no server configuration or complex database to be administered. A
  supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.nisnevich.com/ftpvc/ftpvc.htm.

 HOPE

  HOPE is an object-oriented team programming environment for C/C++ and
  Java which runs on PCs. A version for Solaris under development.

 NeumaCM+

  NeumaCM+ from Neuma Technology Inc. provides Configuration Management,
  Version Control, Change Control, Product Management, Problem Tracking,
  Activity Tracking, Build Management, Document Management, and
  Requirements Tracking.

 PCM

  Tesseract Technology is a small South African company with a suite of
  DOS products, including Product Configuration Management (PCM).
  Evaluation copies are available at no cost. A supplier WWW site is
  available at ftp://lia.co.za/pub/tesseract/tsrhome.htm

 PERFORCE

  PERFORCE by Perforce Software is a client/server system which
  emphasises performance and provides such features as versioning,
  change control, shared access, and auditing for software production
  teams. Users have reported that while it uses more disk space than
  some competing products, its sparser use of the network offers
  advantages. Reportedly, it is a very nice SCM system at a very
  reasonable price. It includes atomic change transactions where a group
  of changes is either all commited or none of it is commited (as in
  database transactions). It has a branching and merging mechanism.
  Although it doesn't have the power of a top tier product, it certainly
  is a product to consider for serious projects requiring the features
  it offers. A supplier WWW site is available at http://www.perforce.com

 PVCS

  PVCS by MERANT (formed by the combination of Micro Focus and
  Intersolv) offers basic of support for CM, using SCCS-like commands.
  It may be more appropriate for small development projects than some of
  the more complex or more costly products. Reportedly, changes in
  recent revisions offer more substantial features, but user experience
  and comment on the newsgroup have not become prevalent yet. Problem
  tracking is provided via integrations with third-party products such
  as Control First by Repository Technology (708-515-0780). A supplier
  WWW site is available at http://www.merant.com

 QEF Software Process Automation System

  QEF from Advanced Software Inc. is a commercial product which drives
  the software process. It integrates with the version management
  system, with the test and auditing tools and is available on major
  platforms from PCs through to mainframes. A supplier WWW site is
  available at http://www.qef.com

 Quma Version Control System (QVCS)

  Author Jim Voris ([email protected]) reports that although QVCS is not a
  heavyweight product, it is a good fit for smaller projects with a team
  size of 10 or less. A version of QVCS is available for 32-bit Windows
  platforms (95 and NT); a separate version is available for 16-bit
  Windows. Both products include command line tools and a GUI interface.
  QVCS provides many of the same features as more expensive commercial
  tools. QVCS may be obtained via anonymous FTP from ftp.clark.net in
  /pub/jimv/qvcs1625.zip (for 16 bit users) or /pub/jimv/qvcs3225.zip
  (for 32-bit users). A supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.qumasoft.com/.

 RAZOR

  RAZOR from Visible Systems Corporation (formerly from Tower Concepts)
  is an easily tailored configuration management package with an
  integrated problem tracking system. It offers control and coordination
  of file versioning and product build management for both ASCII and
  binary files. Its easily parsed ASCII database encourages users to
  generate their own scripts for report generation and process control.
  By attaching shell scripts both before and after Razor events, the
  tool becomes an enforcement vehicle for the development process. Razor
  is available on SunOS, Solaris, HPUX, AIX, IRIX, Linux, and MS WinNT
  with clients also on MS Win95/98/NT. A supplier WWW site is available
  at http://www.razor.visible.com

  A company representative stressed that it is extremely easy to try out
  their product. Both documentation and a full copy of the product for
  evaluation are available by FTP. New releases and patches are handled
  in the same manner.

 RCE

  DuraSoft is now the marketing partner of Mr. Walter F. Tichy, the
  developer of both RCS and the Revision Control Engine (RCE). The
  product has been on the market since 1994. In 1997 RCE was totally
  rewritten, and by March 1998, a brand new GUI is expected.

  Byte Differencing Engine (BDE) is a new API for difference encoding
  now available from DuraSoft. The API is taken from the core of RCE.
  Like RCE, BDE can work with any kind of data.

 SABLIME

  SABLIME by Lucent Technologies (formerly AT&T Software Solutions)
  provides managers and developers with a tool that tracks changes to a
  product consisting of software, hardware, firmware, and/or documents,
  from its origination, through maintenance, delivery, and support. It
  has an integrated Modification Request capability. A supplier WWW site
  is available at http://www.bell-labs.com/project/sablime

 Serena ChangeMan DS

  Serena ChangeMan DS (formerly known as eChangeMan and before that as
  Diamond CM) by Serena Software, Inc. has been available in the HP/3000
  market since the 1980s as VCS-UX by Diamond Optimum Systems. In the
  late 1990s, the product became available on UNIX and was known as
  Diamond CM. In mid-1999 Serena Software acquired Diamond Optimum
  Systems and the product was renamed. Beginning with release 5.0.6
  there was a new MS Windows GUI as well as a Java-based version.
  Originally a version control product, Serena ChangeMan DS now has a
  complete Configuration Management focus and has become a comprehensive
  cross-platform development workbench environment, which offers process
  control, version control, release / build management, programming
  editor, software distribution, and other features. A supplier WWW site
  is available at http://www.serena.com/product/cm_prod.html

  User comments have not been received at this time. Please contact the
  FAQ editor if you have used this product and can comment.

 Serena ChangeMan ZMF

  Serena Change Man ZMF, by Serena Software, Inc. is a process-based SCM
  solution for MVS environments. A supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.serena.com.

 Software Configuration Library Manager (SCLM)

  SCLM by IBM is a component of ISPF, which is which is part of OS/390
  and the newer z/OS mainframes. It manages (MVS) sources and binaries,
  features build, promote (move from one development level to another),
  source versioning and common sources among different projects. A user
  reports "it has its limitations but can be customized and extended to
  do very useful things." A supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.ibm.com/software/ad/ispf/

 Software Manager

  Software Manager from Vertical Sky, wholly-owned group of Mortice Kern
  Systems, Inc (MKS) was formerly known as MKS Source Integrity from
  Mortice Kern Systems. It thinks and works like most software
  development teams do -- in terms of team based, project oriented, and
  cross platform development environments. Key features include complete
  project management facilities, Visual Merge, new reporting
  capabilities, event triggers, a new configuration language,
  integration into Visual C++ and Borland C++, an automated building
  process, file promotion, and NetWare specific functionality. MKS
  Source Integrity is available on DOS, OS/2, Windows, Windows NT, and a
  variety of UNIX platforms. A supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.verticalsky.com/solutions/

 Source Code Manager

  Source Code Manager (SCM), from UniPress Software Inc, is a
  configuration management tool for Unix users which supports parallel
  development on multiprogrammer projects. SCM supports command line and
  X Windows interfaces, multisite, integrated problem tracking and many
  other advanced features and reports. A free single user -- but
  multiple working copy -- version of SCM, called SCM-lite, is available
  on the UniPress Web site, http://www.unipress.com/free_evals/ or via
  anonymous ftp on eridani.unipress.com/pub/free_evals. SCM and SCM-lite
  are available for most Unix platforms.

 SourceOffSite

  SourceOffSite by SourceGear Corporation is a 3rd party add-on to
  Visual SourceSafe. It allows companies with remote development teams
  to have fast, secure, and easy-to-use access to a centralized Visual
  SourceSafe(TM) database via any TCP/IP connection. SourceOffSite is a
  client/server application with file compression, strong encryption,
  and a "VSS like" client that supports all major Visual SourceSafe
  operations. SourceOffSite does not require Windows Remote Access
  Service (RAS). In addition to MS Windows, clients are available for
  Linux and Solaris.

 StarTeam

  StarTeam by StarBase Corporation offers common version control
  features such as check-in/check-out, branching and merging, multiple
  directory support, and key-word expansion, plus integrated interface
  features to improve ease of use. Some of the additional features
  include version and build labels and an integrated defect tracking
  component.

  StarTeam has a good combination of both version-control and integrated
  bug-tracking, plus some nice features such as threated messaging,
  internet client-server, and a web client interface option. It supports
  a visual merge within the tool. Unlike some of the other middle-market
  priced tools, it runs as a server and client on Windows NT, not
  requiring a UNIX server. For best performance, users have reported
  that the archives should reside on the same machine which is running
  the StarTeam service.

  Version 4.1 added a new IDE and database support. StarTeam
  interoperates with both Visual SourceSafe and PVCS archives. Other
  features added with version 4 include MS Project 98 integration for
  project planning a well as COM and Java class interfaces for client
  use over the Internet from non-Windows operating systems.

  Some users have reported data losses, particularly in multi-processor
  installations where all "service packs" have not been installed.
  (StarBase has reported that this problem was traced to Microsoft SQL
  Server 6.5 failure. If StarTeam process was run on a separate system
  this problem did not occur.) StarBase's tech support line has received
  praise from several users.

  A supplier WWW site is available at http://www.starbase.com.

 TeamConnection

  IBM's VisualAge TeamConnection Enterprise Server is a repository-based
  software configuration management (SCM) system designed for a team
  programming environment. It uses IBM's DB2 Universal database and
  repository technology. With VisualAge TeamConnection, you can manage
  and control development projects, increase team productivity and
  improve overall software quality. VisualAge TeamConnection supports
  multiple platforms. A supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/teamcon/

 TeamSite

  Interwoven's TeamSite is a CM product specifically designed for
  Large-Scale complex web design. A supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.interwoven.com/

 TeamWare

  SPARCworks/TeamWare from SunSoft is a visual code management
  environment featuring tools for both configuration management and for
  managing team software development processes. SPARCworks/TeamWare
  includes easy-to-use, graphical tools for version control (VerTool),
  workspace and directory management (CodeMgrTool), source file
  configuration archiving (FreezePtTool), project build acceleration
  (PMake), and automatic file merging (FileMerge).

  SPARCworks/TeamWare is not based on a proprietary file system.
  Instead, it relies on standard UNIX utilities and services like SCCS
  and NFS. Development teams that are already using SCCS can quickly
  adopt SPARCworks/TeamWare--even continue to use their SCCS wrappers.
  It has no special networking or administrative requirements, and gives
  users the ability to customize according to their own development
  methodologies. There is both an intuitive graphical user interface and
  command line access, controls for workspace access and notification,
  and easy manipulation of workspace directories for changing project
  needs and multiple releases.

  A free "Try and Buy" 30-day software evaluation kit is available.

 TLIB

  TLIB by Burton System Software provides version control for PC users.
  In addition to its features, it has the advantage of being relatively
  inexpensive. It handles both text and binaries and even binary deltas.
  It can do merges and and snapshots and reportedly the vendor has
  excellent tech support. A supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.burtonsys.com.

 TRUEchange

  TRUEchange (formerly known as Aide-de-Camp or ADC) from TRUE Software
  provides an entity relationship database to store attributes of and
  relationships between files. Changes that are made are flexible until
  they are installed. A logical change to a version of software is
  captured as a change set, a concept critical to ADC. Developers work
  on their own branch by creating a personal change set. All files
  associated with a change set may be checked in at the same time.
  Special language scanners determine structural relationships
  automatically from the source code and this information is used to
  ensure that builds are performed when required.

  A supplier WWW site is available at http://www.truesoft.com/

 VisualEnabler

  Visual Enabler from Softlab (a subsidiary of auto maker BMW) is a
  software configuration management toolset for mid to large Windows
  development teams that build and deploy applications using Visual C++,
  Visual Basic and Visual J++. VE is based on object repository
  technology and has very tight integration to Visual C++, Visual Basic
  and Visual J++. VE is designed to provide all the benefits of CM in a
  "developer friendly" package. A supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.softlabna.com/.

 Visual SourceSafe

  SourceSafe provides for true project level configuration control. In
  1995, SourceSafe was taken over by Microsoft and re-named. According
  to their sales office, Microsoft added conversion utilities from Delta
  and PVCS. The 4.0 release includes support for long filenames and UNC
  paths, a tab dialog for setting options, localization into 5
  languages, a Windows95 look and feel, and tight integration into
  Visual Basic, Visual C, Visual Test, and Fortran PowerStation.

  It has a very nice model for setting up multiple versions of a
  project. The key commands are the share, branch, merge, links, and
  paths commands. Rather than using numbers to branch, such as version
  2.3.6.1 in SCCS, a logical release or customer name can be used to
  implement the same construct. SourceSafe also runs on many platforms
  so it can be used for a client/server project where coding is being
  done on a Windows PC using Visual Basic, and on a UNIX workstation
  using C. It is competitively priced and easy to install and configure.
  The Microsoft System Journal (May, 1993) named SourceSafe as the best
  Windows based configuration mangement tool. The SourceSafe label
  command can be used to take a snapshot of the entire project, assign
  that version a name. The operation is rapid, even if there are 2000
  programs in the project. SourceSafe integrates with VisualStudio which
  automates checkin/checkout of code as developers work with files.
  Several mid and high end defect-tracking tools integrate with
  SourceSafe.

  It has been reported that a user can access several projects at one
  time in SourceSafe, but that SourceSafe security is not very
  elaborate; it only has 4 levels of security: read-only, checkout, add,
  and destroy. This may be sufficient for some projects, but not for
  others. SourceSafe does not deal with project building (interfacing
  with Makefiles and compiling, for example). It also does not interface
  with a problem tracking tool, although that may be in the works. There
  have been numerous reports posted on the newsgroup of corrupted
  SourceSafe data repositories, particularly with large repositories or
  when the disk containing it begins to become full.

  A supplier WWW site is available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/ssafe/

  MainSoft Visual SourceSafe for UNIX

  SourceSafe was originally written for the PC. Mainsoft used their
  product MainWin in concert with the Microsoft Visual SourceSafe code
  to produce a UNIX version of the familiar Microsoft product. This
  product includes a Win95-style GUI. Databases can be shared between
  UNIX and MS Windows platforms by using Samba. Visual SourceSafe allows
  project level (as opposed to file level) maintenance of software
  source code, testing scripts and project documents. Version 5.0
  includes extensive functionality to assist web developers such as
  routines to test hypertext links and to upload files to live web
  sites. Further information on the product can be obtained either from
  Mainsoft Corporation (http://www.mainsoft.com) or from the European
  distributor OpenGate Software (http://www.opengate.co.uk/opengate/).

  Metrowerks Visual SourceSafe for Macintosh

  Metrowerks produces the Macintosh version of Visual SourceSafe. It is
  fully compatible with Microsoft's Windows-based Visual Source Safe.
  Additional information is available at http://www.metrowerks.com.

 Voodoo

  Voodoo is a version management tool for the management of projects in
  which files are created in numerous versions. Since Voodoo is capable
  of managing arbitrary files, the program can be employed for more than
  just the organization of software projects in a narrow sense (program
  development).

  Voodoo allows both variant and revision control, and it manages not
  only variants and revisions of single files, but of a whole software
  project (multi files, multi users, multi variants, access rights,
  ...). The tool offers a graphical user interface.

  A lite version of Voodoo is being distributed on a low cost shareware
  basis. The current version is available from the vendor's ftp-server
  at:
 ftp.swe.uni-linz.ac.at    in /pub/voodoo

  The full (commercial) version of Voodoo is being distributed
  world-wide by UNI Software Plus.

  A supplier WWW site is available at
  http://www.unisoft.co.at/products/voodooserver.html

7. Tools Related To Configuration Management

 Embedded In Other Tools

  Many of the large and expensive case-tools have a version control
  mechanism embedded within them. It may be sufficient to use such a
  tool.

 Araxis Merge

  Araxis Merge, by Araxis, Ltd., is a visual file comparison/merging
  (two and three way) and folder synchronization application for MS
  Windows platforms. Softlab's Visual Enabler ships with Araxis Merge.
  Full information about the product (including a trail version) is
  available through their Web site at http://www.araxis.com/.

 DateWise FileCompare

  DateWise FileCompare is a patented (No. 6,236,993) file comparison
  system that is able to compare files with expected differences without
  providing detailed file specifications. For example, many compilers
  and linkers embed several timestamps in their binary output (e.g.
  Microsoft VC++). Every manufacturer of compilers and linkers place the
  timestamps at different locations within the files, vary formats,
  etc., making it impractical to try to write a comparison function for
  a specific file type. Those timestamps have a side effect of
  prohibiting CM personnel from independently verifying that modules
  that the programmer states have not been changed are identical to
  versions supplied with the last release. DateWise FileCompare will
  compare the files, telling the user whether they match or not
  (excluding any expected embedded timestamp differences) and in what
  value range it found in the timestamps or where the unreconcilable
  differences were within the file. Another example of CM usage is
  verifying that compiler switches have not inadvertently been changed
  when upgrading to a new development machine.

  Technical/application info may be found at http://www.datewise.com/mt.
  DateWise FileCompare is available as a utility for DOS/Windows, Linux,
  Solaris, HP-UX, and MVS platforms from:
   DateWise, Ltd
   3192 Ebonywood Ct
   Dublin, OH 43017
   Email: [email protected]
   Tel/FAX: 614-799-2521.

 Merge Right

  Merge Right is not a full fledged version or configuration management
  tool, but it addresses one of the most important parts of such
  systems, support for management and integration of multiple versions
  and releases. While Merge Right does not provide check-in and
  check-out it is designed to work closely with other tools that do:
  integrations for RCS and SCCS are contributed, and integrations to
  Continuus/CM and Atherton Technology Software BackPlane are supported
  by those vendors. Integrations to other CM tools (Rational ClearCase,
  TeamOne TeamNet, etc.) and even custom and internal tools are easy -
  even if files are versioned only by different names or extensions.

  Merge Right is available from:
   Prescient Software, Inc.
   3494 Yuba Avenue; San Jose, CA 95117-2967;
   Email: [email protected]
   tel: 408-985-1824; fax: 408-985-1936

 Non-Software-Development Tools

  There are a number of version management tools on the market which
  address areas other than software development. Since these do not
  include the capability to "build" software, in-depth coverage was not
  considered FAQ. If, however, you have a project which is independent
  of software development, it may make more sense to consider one of
  those tools rather than force-fit that project into the same tool
  being used for software.

  Some examples of such tools are:
    * ComponentSoftware RCS (CS-RCS) by ComponentSoftware Ltd.; 5
      Bar-Ilan St.; Givat Shemuel; Israel 54101; tel: +972-3-5320085; A
      GNU RCS compatible document revision control system for Windows
      95/NT. See http://www.ComponentSoftware.com or write
      [email protected].
    * Data Management and Control Software (DMCS) by by Structural
      Dynamics Research Corporation (SDRC); Milford, OH; 513-576-2400
    * ERA by Salinas Technology; Montreal, Canada; tel.: 514-369-4161
    * Implementor by Golden Coast Software; 15932 W. State Road 84; Ft.
      Lauderdale, Florida 33326; tel: 305-389-7848
    * Integrated Document Control System (IDoCS) by Micro Engineering
      Solutions Inc.; Meriden, CT; tel.: 203-630-3630
    * Document Management Solutions from IntraNet Solutions, Inc.; 9625
      West 76th Street, Suite 150; Elden Prarie, MN 55344; tel.:
      612-903-2000 or 800-989-8744

  There are many other such tools. Check the appropriate industry
  periodicals for additional listings.
    _________________________________________________________________

8. CM Tools With World Wide Web Sites

  As the popularity and accessibility of the World Wide Web (WWW) has
  grown, tool vendors and dedicated users have begun providing tool
  information on their WWW servers. The content may vary widely, and
  some will contain significant marketing information, rather than
  technical details. On any particular attempt, network traffic, server
  traffic, or server outages may prevent access to the information. All
  servers may not be accessible from all sites. The CM related WWW
  servers which have been reported to this FAQ editor are:
    * Vendor/Supplier WWW Servers
         + +1CM information from +1 Software Engineering at
           http://www.plus-one.com/
         + AccuRev information from AccuRev Inc. at
           http://www.accurev.com
         + Aldon/CMS info from Aldon Computer Group at
           http://www.aldon.com/wb_cms.htm
         + AllChange information from Intasoft at
           http://www.intasoft.net
         + Andromede information at http://www.eslog.com
         + /BriefCase Toolkit from Applied Computer Sciences, inc. at
           http://www.applied-cs-inc.com/bcintro.html
         + CCC/Harvest information from Computer Associates at
           http://www.cai.com/products/ccm/
         + ClearCase information from Rational at
           http://www.rational.com/
         + CMVC information from IBM at
           http://fnctsrv0.chips.ibm.com/products/ppc/Developers/ppctool
           s-62.html
         + CMVision information from Expertware at
           http://www.cmvision.com/
         + CMZ information from CERN at http://wwwinfo.cern.ch/cmz/
         + CM Synergy information from Telelogic at
           http://www.telelogic.com/
         + Control-CS information from Network Concepts at
           http://www.nci-sw.com/
         + Corporate RCS information from Thompson Automation Software
           at http://www.tasoft.com/
         + Code Co-op information at http://www.relisoft.com/co_op/
         + DECset information from DEC at
           http://www.openvms.compaq.com/commercial/decset/decset_index.
           html
         + Disciplined Software Management info from Saint Mavris
           Technology at http://www.mavris.com/
         + Endevor Workstation products by Computer Associates Intnl. at
           http://www.cai.com/products/endevor_ws.htm
         + FtpVC (FTP Version Control) from Gregory Nisnevich at
           http://www.nisnevich.com/ftpvc/ftpvc.htm
         + Incremental Configuration Engine (ICE) developed by The
           Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, which solicits
           user's comments; see http://www.cs.tu-bs.de/softech/ice/ for
           details.
         + MK, a configuration management and version control package at
           http://www.pzi.net/software.html
         + Software Manager information from Vertical Sky at
           http://www.verticalsky.com/solutions/
         + Neuma Technology Corporation information at
           http://www.neuma.com/
         + PERFORCE information from Perforce Software at
           http://www.perforce.com
         + QEF from Advanced Software Inc. at http://www.qef.com/
         + Quma Version Control System (QVCS) information from Jim Voris
           at http://www.qumasoft.com/
         + Razor - Version Control and Problem Tracking by Tower
           Concepts at http://www.razor.visible.com
         + Revision Controle Engine (RCE) by DuraSoft at
           http://wwwipd.ira.uka.de/~RCE/
         + Product Configuration Management (PCM) by Tesseract
           Technologies at ftp://lia.co.za/pub/tesseract/tsrhome.htm
         + PVCS by MERANT at http://www.merant.com
         + SABLIME by Lucent Technologies at
           http://www.bell-labs.com/project/sablime
         + Serena ChangeMan DS information from Serena Software Inc. at
           http://www.serena.com/product/cm_prod.html
         + Serena Change Man ZMF information from Serena Software, Inc.
           at http://www.serena.com/
         + Software Configuration Library Manager (SCLM) by IBM Corp. at
           http://www.ibm.com/software/ad/ispf/
         + SoftBench CM by Hewlett-Packard at
           http://hpcc998.external.hp.com:80/sesd/products/softcm/main.h
           tml
         + Source Code Manager information from UniPress Software Inc at
           http://www.unipress.com/cat/scm.html
         + StarTeam informatin from StarBase Corporation at
           http://www.starbase.com
         + TeamConnection information from IBM at
           http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/teamcon/
         + TeamSite information from Interwoven, Inc. at
           http://www.interwoven.com
         + TLIB information from Burton System Software at
           http://www.burtonsys.com
         + TRUEchange information from True Software at
           http://www.truesoft.com
         + Turnover info by SoftLanding Systems at
           http://www.softlanding.com/turnover.html
         + Visual Enabler information from Softlab at
           http://www.softlabna.com
         + Visual SourceSafe information from Microsoft at
           http://msdn.microsoft.com/ssafe/
         + VOODOO information from UNI Soft at
           http://www.unisoft.co.at/products/voodooserver.html
    * User Information WWW Servers
         + AllChange information at
           http://gille.loria.fr:7000/cgi-bin/cm/wilma/ccmt.817848747.ht
           ml
         + Concurrent Version System (CVS) - France at
           http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html
         + ShapeTools information at
           http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~shape/index.html
    * Consultant Information WWW Servers
      (Note: a listing here does not represent endorsement of one of
      these consultants.)
         + Configuration Management, Inc (CMI) at
           http://www.cmi-jobs.com/
         + Timefold(tm) at http://www.timefold.com/ and its page of
           ClearCase Service Providers at
           http://www.timefold.com/ccspin.html

  Additional CM related information available on the WWW is listed in
  section 1.7, Where else can I look for configuration management
  information?, in the "General Questions" portion (a separate posting)
  of this FAQ.

  If you are aware of other WWW Servers which should be added to this
  list (or any which should be retired), please notify the FAQ editor.
    _________________________________________________________________

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