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We still use VSS for a couple codebases. We’re a small enough team that conflicts are rare, but the occasional Teams message “hey, let me know when you’re done with module.cpp” is not unheard of.


Fascinating. An anachronism worthy of steampunk novels!


I’m impressed VSS still works. I used it as part of my first professional software engineering job in 2008 and it felt old then.


I'm so sorry. We were using it in the late 90s, and on a monthly basis it would be down for a day or two while the admin plunged out the database. Good times.


It surprisingly works well. We do use a front end to it called VssConnect, but to be honest, I really don’t have any complaints.




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