[From
The Geekette Speaketh]
Version Control Systems (VCS) have been around since the time people started developing software. It's an electronic way for keeping track of changes that have been made in the code. It also allows one to go "back in time" to the previous versions.
Though it is regularly used in software development, not many people know that VCS can also be used for publications. Few people take the time to know the versioning system built in to Microsoft Word and simply resort to saving their current work as a new file when major changes come up.
But what if you're typing your work in something other than a Microsoft Office product? There are free open source VCS available on the internet. Some options to consider (note that all of these are available on almost any operating system):
I would think that some publication houses make use of some sort of versioning system. If not, items such as the one above would be a great help to them. As for myself, as soon as I've moved my site to the new server I plan to set up either Subversion or Bazaar so I could have a place to keep track of my writing projects.
