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Discussion on: How did software teams handle version control before version control tools? Did distributed development exist back then?

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Mark Gibbons

How far back to you have to go for "before version control tools". We had them in 1978 and I've used them ever since then.

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Kelvin Wangonya

1978? 😳 I don't know, I just assumed version control tools were pretty recent. Maybe my idea of version control tools is just wrong 😅. How were you doing it back then?

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Mark Gibbons

Panvalet was around in the 70's. Many companies used mainframes and proprietary software. I worked at a small company with 30 folks in IT. A quick web search shows panvalet had more than 3000 customers. CVS was available in the 80's.