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From: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
To: Dennis Janssen <nessnaj AT worldonline DOT nl>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 17:31:35 +0000
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On 14 Mar 97 at 20:34, Dennis Janssen wrote:

> So the sources are in some weirdo source control system, right? What
> is/does a `source control system' (do)?

A source control system keeps track of the myriads of source files in 
a large project, making sure that no two people are editing the same 
module at the same time, for example, and tracking version numbers.
 
> And if Caldera is having so much diffuculty getting the sources out of it,
> how did they compile them in the first place?

The SCS in use is proprietry; they can use it, sure, but they can't 
give it to us, but without it, we wouldn't be able to compile the 
sources!
 
ABW
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