[comp.software-eng] Request for recommendations for s/w development env. system

leslee@cadnetix.COM (06/27/89)

I am currently heading up a team to evaluate state-of-the-art automated 
software development environment systems for use on a large-scale Sun-based 
unix project.

We are currently using an in-house developed system based on RCS.  We would
like to get a window-based tool to help us out in this endeavor.

The three systems we are currently evaluating are (in order of current 
preference):

	1) Sun's NSE (Network Software Environment)

	2) Imperial Software Technology's ISTAR

	3) Expertware's CMF (Configuration Management Facility)

Have you had any experience with any of the above?  Can you make any 
recommentations?  Can you suggest any other system we might want to consider?

Thanks for any input.


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runyan@hpirs.HP.COM (Mark Runyan) (06/29/89)

>/ leslee@cadnetix.COM / 10:52 am  Jun 26, 1989 /
>
>I am currently heading up a team to evaluate state-of-the-art automated 
>software development environment systems for use on a large-scale Sun-based 
>unix project.
> ....
>The three systems we are currently evaluating are (in order of current 
>preference):
>
>	1) Sun's NSE (Network Software Environment)
>
>	2) Imperial Software Technology's ISTAR
>
>	3) Expertware's CMF (Configuration Management Facility)
>
>Have you had any experience with any of the above?  Can you make any 
>recommentations?  Can you suggest any other system we might want to consider?

Haven't worked with any of them, but I do have an observation.  If you ever
decide to have something besides SUN machines, you might want to have an
environment that can live on the other systems.  I'm not sure about NSE,
but I believe that CMF works on machines other than SUNS.

Mark Runyan