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2007-04-20 17:37:31 Vault 3.5.2
SourceGear released Vault 3.5.2
today (downloads page).
The previous current version of Vault was 3.5.1, so this is what we call a
maintenance release. However, this is a very special maintenance
release. You can read the full release notes if
you like, but I want to highlight a few reasons why this new version is a big
deal.
First of all, version 3.5.2
introduces a number of small things:
- We added official support for
Windows Vista and the x64 versions of Windows.
- We fixed some quirky behavior
with Shadow Folders.
- We added a few little
featurettes to the Vault GUI client.
- We fixed some bugs in the
MSSCCI (IDE integration) client.
But the big news for 3.5.2 is a
bunch of performance and scalability improvements to the Vault server. All
three of the most common operations (Refresh, Check out and Commit) have been significantly
improved. In addition, Branch is now dramatically faster.
As Vault has continued to mature
and grow in popularity, we have been attracting larger customers, sites with
hundreds of developers on a single Vault server. These improvements are going
to make an especially big difference for those users.
I pause now for a moment to
think back to the beginning of this product. During the development of Vault
1.0, we were courting a customer who had about 70 developers on their team. We
lost that deal because our product wasn't ready for that kind of load. Today, over
four years later, I can feel confident in selling Vault to a team that is 10
times that size.
Note: I am not saying Vault is changing
to become an "Enterprise" product. We will continue to position Vault as a
product for the "Professional" tier, but the line between these two market
segments is not always clear. Microsoft defines the boundary at 500
developers, but there is some overlap in the way these customers buy tools.
Sometimes a company in the Professional segment will choose a more
Enterprise-oriented product like Microsoft Team Foundation Server or Rational
ClearCase. And sometimes an Enterprise company is looking for the
affordability and simplicity of a Professional tier product like Vault.
Bottom line: Our product got
better today. It's a good day.
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