From: "Gregg N" 

Adam Flinton wrote:
>
> Ah ok...not much need for branching etc more document revision
> tracking across a range of formats. I take it given it's a sort of
> smb/filesharing thingy that it handles both binary & text with equal
> aplomb.

With VSS, all you need is a file server. No special SCM server software
needs to be run on it. The VSS software is strictly client-side, and uses
the network file shares directly. This also leads to slowness over a
low-speed connection because the actual repository data has to be read over
the network instead of only SCM commands and responses.

> Is it secure? i.e. assuming the machine is somewhere solid & the only
> link is ethernet...tcp/ip (not inet)...

Since the respository is a file share, security depends on how you have the
file server set up. VSS has built in security of its own, but it is more
for keeping honest people honest rather than real security.

> I have to admit to still prefering to merge by eye (i.e. "show me the
> changes/differences but I'll do the copy & paste till my local copy &
> the remote fit")

See my response to Ellen about this.

Gregg

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