Online Version Control System

[Pratik Lohia]

Hi
I need to develop a customised application, but my team is spread across an entire city....
We need a online version control system, that can act as or soure repository as well as provide liberty to ppl to work at their own time....
It also needs to be economical, as we are working on a shoe string budget

Also, it is not possible for us to setup a dedicated machine that wwill be connected to the net 24 hrs, this option we have already explored and did not find feasible

Regards
Pratik Lohia
[ December 08, 2006: Message edited by: Pratik Lohia ]

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Pratik,
Does it need to be online or just on the network? I googled version control hosting and found cvs dude as the first link. I'm sure there are others. Basically they host your version control system for you.

[Gerardo Tasistro]

You could host your own CVS or Subversion system in your home PC and have people connect at any one given time. That way the PC need to be on only when people are doing a sync with the repository.

[Jeroen T Wenting]

I wouldn't trust the company's/department's intellectual property to some website (if such a service exists) for safekeeping.
Every similar service ("online office" applications etc.) I know of has serious problems with their terms of use which effectively mean you sign over ownership of whatever you store there to them to do with as they like.
So they can for example sell your documents to the highest bidder if they want to.
You'll have to host the thing yourself, and secure it well.

If your boss isn't willing to donate an old computer for the purpose (even an old P2 will do the trick) you should seriously doubt the future of the project as they obviously have no interest in ensuring its success.