What is the Delta Development Model?
   

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It's better technology applied to the Open Source model


    

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Allows the model to work without creating "merge hell"


      

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It's not really new except that it actually works


    

    

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Commercial


    

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Sacrifice quality to get time to market


    

    

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Open Source


    

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Sacrifice time to market to get quality


    

    

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Delta Development


    

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Use better technology to get both


      

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Requires a distributed tool with excellent merging


      

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BitKeeper is currently the best enabling technology










 
 








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13 Feb 2005 lm@bitmover.com