>Using a source control application always adds to the development costs as well.

>On the other hand, I would shudder to think that each developer on the team was mainaining duplicates of everything. This would be very difficult to manage IMHO, and to keep synchronized.

Doug;

You are right - source control is a real cost and should be considered up front at the begining of any project, along with training time per employee. The amount saved by source control is a variable and I see no way to define it as a "real savings". However, for anyone who has used the features of VSS, etc. to help "save the bacon", it is priceless! I even use it at home for my consulting jobs. The biggest benifit to me is within a multi developer environment.

Tom