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Top Ten Reasons to Use Firefly

1. Project-oriented SCM

Firefly SCM is a next-generation configuration tool built from ground up with “project” in mind. The relationship between Firefly and legacy file based version control tools is much like that of Java and C. Java was build from scratch as an OO language while C is a procedure-oriented language...

2. FleXtream Branching

Branching in Firefly is done with ease and style. It is flexible, powerful and intelligent. We call it FleXtream Branching. It is also what powers stream development pattern in Firefly...

3. Task-oriented Operation

Firefly implements a new task-oriented version control model. What is a task? A task is an item in a Change Request system. Such item could be a request for bug fix, feature enhancement, design requirement or document update...

4. Outstanding Infrastructure

Firefly is a fourth generation SCM tool. Its outstanding infrastructure design bares fruit to many advance features and system benefits...

5. Hybrid Development Environment Adaptability

Today’s computer technology is exploding. It seems everywhere you look these days, more and more choices of software and hardware spring up out of the thin blue sky. However, coupled with this abundance of options is an ever more complex development environment...

6. Security

Security means different things to different users. For some, it might mean hiding their assets from preying eyes or even those within the organization who doesn't have the proper authorization to certain part of the source code; for some, it might mean that all changes made to the source code pass through appropriate approval process; yet for others, it might mean that preventing viruses and malicious attacks from their assets. For Firefly, security means all of these things, and more...

7. Local Workspace

Firefly implements Local Workspace, an isolated, private work environment sitting on your local hard drive, with the files you need, waiting for your command. Local workspace is not our innovation...

8. Complete History

Firefly keeps a comprehensive and complete history of its controlled assets. Any action done on such assets will be recorded. Aside from the usual recorded history items by legacy version control tools, Firefly also provides true support for Rename, Move, Delete and Undelete...

9. Component-based Development

If your firm is developing a series of products using the same core library and common utility library, don’t want a SCM system that would allow your products to use the same copy of common libraries...

10. Return on Investment

Firefly gives a new level of meaning to the phrase “money well spent”. For the price of a version control tool, you get a robust, powerful, easy-to-use, next-generation SCM system that..