Contributor's Preface
Why I Cowrote This Book with Steve
I began my software development career in 1987 as a part-time software tools developer to pay for my last year of college. Somehow it âstuckâ because I've been doing some form of tool development ever since (particularly SCM tools), even when it wasn't my primary job. I even worked (briefly) for a commercial SCM tool vendor, and part of my job was to stay current on the competition. So I amassed as much knowledge as I could about other SCM tools on the market. Even after I changed jobs, I continued my SCM pursuits and frequented various tool user groups on the Internet.
At one time, I longed to advance the state of the art in SCM environments and kept up with all the latest research. I ...
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