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svn was invented in 2000
CVS was invented in 1986
SCCS is from 1972, you young whippersnappers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code_Control_System
SUN is from 4.6 billion years ago, you mortal beings
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun
I’m a software developer so I’ve never seen that thing you’re talking about, but check your sources, I believe it’s actually from 1982: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Microsystems
Now Target owns them, I think.
I landed in the middle. SCCS was too old, CVS was too new.
https://www.gnu.org/software/rcs/
But, back then, I had also been forced to use CMVC.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Configuration_Management_Version_Control
When
bzr, and thengit, turned up and I started using them, I was told "this is DVC, which is a whole new model that takes getting used to", so I was surprised it seemed normal and straightforward to me.Then I found out that Sun's Teamware, that I had been using for many years, was a DVC, hence it wasn't some new model. I'd had a few intervening years on other abominable systems and it was a relief to get back to DVC.
Regarding the original post, are there really people around now who think that before
gitthere was no version control? I've never worked without using version control, and I started in the 80s.