Borland Drops StarTeam Standard and Web Editions
Well it looks like Borland will continue the pattern of introducing version control sub-systems that I like and then removing them from the line up after two or three years. It appears the Standard Edition of StarTeam does not meet with the Borland ALM direction so anyone using it can either move up to the Enterprise licensing or somewhere else. The notice indicates that version control is a commodity so I would expect they believe that anyone who thought that the standard SKU was satisfactory will transition to sub-version or some other free tool.
This is twice now that Borland has provided a version control solution with the Delphi license and then go on to drop support. Both times I was quite happy with the solutions and happily moved to them. TeamSource was a great small shop tool and I really liked the model and integration. I didn't mind switching to StarTeam either and had become rather attached to the great linking support and build tagging.
The problem with this announcement is that the it leaves StarTeam in an all or nothing (planned it would seem) position and if you already have the rest of the change request/ticketing/project management bits taken care of outside of the Borland suite of tools. So, the upgrade scheme isn't really going to fly with me :-(.
The documents that are linked below make no references to the status of StarTeam within the DevCo/DTG but I am sure something will pop up shortly.
Further reading:
Borland Support Newsletter October 2006
Borland StarTeam Standard Edition CR-only Sunset FAQ
Borland StarTeam Edition Sunset Customer Notification
