tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13231385.post115748561109019606..comments2023-08-25T10:53:07.107-04:00Comments on anchorbutt: Don't tell me my business, Devil WomanDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754815392923795511noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13231385.post-1157543382276070462006-09-06T07:49:00.000-04:002006-09-06T07:49:00.000-04:001. microsoft's worst product in any market; A bold...<I>1. microsoft's worst product in any market; </I><BR/><BR/>A bold statement, but I'm having trouble coming up with a contender for all-around <B>worst</B>. <BR/><BR/>There are certainly many, many MS products are are irritating to work with. For example, I'd rather sand off my eyelids than use Outlook.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11754815392923795511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13231385.post-1157543025460968872006-09-06T07:43:00.000-04:002006-09-06T07:43:00.000-04:00At the moment, I can't think of any software I've ...At the moment, I can't think of any software I've ever hated as much as VSS. Any attempt to debate either of your claims would simply devolve into verbal one-up-man-ship. "Oh yeah, well, one time VSS killed my whole family and then impaled them on the front lawn..."kofnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06131294077831669412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13231385.post-1157520636222316652006-09-06T01:30:00.000-04:002006-09-06T01:30:00.000-04:00holy opportunity for a rant! i have recently foun...holy opportunity for a <B>rant</B>! <BR/><BR/>i have recently found myself the victim of VSS, yet again. ugh. it's funny... <BR/><BR/>"everyone knows you can't use VSS over VPN... just make a remote desktop connection to the source repository and map a network drive to your computer, and it's a lot faster". like i'm an idiot for thinking that's no way to live.<BR/><BR/>how the fuck do you even write a piece of software with performance characteristics like that? and who, in their right mind, writes source control software that will sometimes overwrite a locally modified file without warning or first making a backup copy? <BR/><BR/>it's not like they can even claim that they were breaking any new ground; all they had to do was copy fucking CVS and sell it to be MERELY insidious.<BR/><BR/>i think VSS may actually qualify for two superlatives: <BR/><BR/>1. microsoft's worst product in any market; <BR/>2. the worst version control system period, commercial or freely available.<BR/><BR/>anyone care to debate either claim? maybe it would make me feel better to hear a compelling argument over either.<BR/><BR/>on the other hand, i whined enough that we're using subversion for our next project.tormphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357765817173975943noreply@blogger.com