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>I develop under Windows NT and recently switched from PVCS to ClearCase.  
>While the GUI in PVCS 5.2 is a nice improvement, there is really no
>comparison with ClearCase.  While both allow you to label
>a version, ClearCase provides access to versions via views.
>Through a view, you see the versions of files according to the 
configuration
>of the view, which can specify a label(s) or other criteria.  There's no 
need to
>get read-only versions of files from an archive.  You simply cd to a 
drive 
>representing a view and you automatically see the files.  You can have
>multiple views for parallel development.  ClearCase provides GUI tools, a 
>command line interface, and checkin/checkout apps that integrate nicely 
>into MSVC++.


As a user of PVCS I can only correct your statement that PVCS doesn't 
support access to a read only version of the files without going through 
the checkout procedure.

PVCS has a checkbox which tells the archive to create a "TIP" version, 
uncompressed in a directory specified by the PVCS administrator.  In this 
directory PVCS places a read-only version of the most recent version of 
all the files for that archive.

We use this ability in-house to manage the many shared libraries and 
source code snipets.

One reason we went with PVCS has to do with their machurity in the market, 
their cross-platform products and the additional tools they have which are 
able to integrate with the VC software (e.g., bug tracking and enhancement 
requests).

Ken
(argo@rias.com)