<s>
Sun	B-Protocol
WorkShop	I-Protocol
TeamWare	I-Protocol
(	O
later	O
Forte	B-Protocol
TeamWare	I-Protocol
,	O
then	O
Forte	B-Protocol
Code	I-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
Software	I-Protocol
)	O
is	O
a	O
distributed	O
source	O
code	O
revision	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
made	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
November	O
1992	O
as	O
SPARCworks/TeamWare	O
and	O
ProWorks/TeamWare	O
and	O
made	O
commercially	O
available	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last	O
available	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Forte	B-Application
Developer	I-Application
6	I-Application
update	I-Application
2	I-Application
product	O
,	O
TeamWare	B-Protocol
is	O
no	O
longer	O
being	O
offered	O
for	O
sale	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
not	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Sun	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TeamWare	B-Protocol
's	O
largest	O
deployment	O
was	O
inside	O
Sun	O
itself	O
,	O
where	O
(	O
bar	O
a	O
few	O
exceptions	O
)	O
at	O
one	O
point	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
VCS	B-Architecture
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TeamWare	B-Protocol
had	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
manage	O
Sun	O
's	O
largest	O
source	O
trees	O
,	O
including	O
those	O
for	O
Solaris	B-Application
and	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
but	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
converting	O
those	O
code	O
bases	O
to	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
communities	O
,	O
they	O
were	O
moved	O
to	O
newer	O
revision	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
such	O
as	O
Mercurial	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
TeamWare	B-Protocol
features	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
advanced	O
features	O
not	O
found	O
in	O
earlier	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
like	O
RCS	B-Architecture
and	O
CVS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
it	O
features	O
a	O
hierarchy	O
of	O
source	O
repositories	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
atomic	O
updates	O
of	O
multiple	O
files	O
,	O
features	O
found	O
in	O
later	O
version-control	B-Architecture
systems	O
such	O
as	O
Subversion	B-Application
and	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
TeamWare	B-Protocol
allows	O
distributed	B-Application
development	I-Application
by	O
copying	O
a	O
repository	O
to	O
another	O
which	O
might	O
reside	O
on	O
another	O
machine	O
or	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TeamWare	B-Protocol
is	O
implemented	O
as	O
a	O
layer	O
over	O
the	O
older	O
SCCS	B-Device
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
track	O
changes	O
to	O
individual	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TeamWare	B-Protocol
works	O
only	O
by	O
a	O
system	O
of	O
files	O
accessed	O
by	O
client	B-Protocol
programs	I-Protocol
(	O
interacting	O
without	O
a	O
server	B-Application
)	O
and	O
most	O
distributed	O
users	O
of	O
a	O
repository	O
access	O
it	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
a	O
mounted	O
networked	B-Protocol
filesystem	I-Protocol
such	O
as	O
NFS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Evan	O
Adams	O
was	O
the	O
architectural	O
lead	O
for	O
TeamWare	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
Larry	O
McVoy	O
authored	O
smoosh	O
,	O
a	O
tool	O
to	O
merge	O
SCCS	B-Device
files	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
said	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
precursor	O
to	O
TeamWare	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BitKeeper	B-Protocol
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
,	O
designed	O
by	O
McVoy	O
,	O
shares	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
design	O
concepts	O
with	O
the	O
earlier	O
TeamWare	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
