>Do you really believe not using something as simple as version control, which has many clear benefits, gives you some kind of competitive advantage? Sounds more like an unwillingness to change old habits even when it's easy to do so.
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>You can give yourself rollback capability manually. The feature I would not want to do without is the ability to see exactly what was changed when, down to the source line level.
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>Don't get me wrong, I have no doubt there are good reasons for your long success. I just don't think not using source control is one of them.

It was the watch. :P

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>>Let me share with you another analogy. I have been in this vertical market niche for over 25 years; make good living. I have competed with many big companies (multi-million dollar companies). Some of these companies would go out of business (of course not because of huge competition I offered; probably for some other reasons). And I am sure that those big companies had a very advanced source control. I imagine that when they were handing out the pink slips or packing their stuff in cardboard boxed, they would always say "wasn't this a great source control system we have had?" <bg>
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>>>Thomas,
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>>>One of my conference sessions I give is on best practices for source control. I like your analogy to brushing your teeth. Mind if I borrow it for my presentations?
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>>>>Suggesting that you place source control high up on the list to learn.
>>>>Think of it as brushing your teeth:
>>>>there are parts of personal hygiene that are more fun,
>>>>but it not only cleans a part but can keep pain away.
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>>>>And while not fun, it is more a change of habit, not a learning task.
>>>>And it helps in day-2-day work as well (the fresh breath part...)
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>>>>>Thank you. I am noting your suggestion. Although right now I have no time to learn a new tool so for now the Build Action to None will work.
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>>>>>>Use a version control program. Git and Subversion are free. Then, you just need to delete what you don't want. Commenting out and/or saving to another file are old, archaic processes that are not needed today.