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==Microsoft in-house use==

Although "[[Eating your own dog food|eating their own dog food]]" is often said to be part of [[Microsoft#Corporate_culture|Microsoft's culture]],<ref name="dogfood">{{cite web|title=Microsoft tests its own dog food|url=http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5047467.html| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108214545/http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5047467.html| archivedate=January 8, 2007|work=[[ZDNet]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|date=July 21, 2003| accessdate=October 9, 2005}}</ref> VSS appears to be an exception; it is widely rumored<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.subversionary.org/node/71 |title=Why Not VSS |publisher=Subversionary |accessdate=2012-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://weblogs.asp.net/jdennany/archive/2003/07/15/10130.aspx |title=It's all Hype. - Jerry Dennany's Occasional Clue |publisher=Weblogs.asp.net |date=2003-07-15 |accessdate=2012-04-13}}</ref> that very few projects within Microsoft relied on Visual SourceSafe before the product was discontinued, and that the predominant tool at the time was [[Perforce|SourceDepot]]. According to Matthew Doar:<ref>{{cite book

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