Tool Version Management Technology: A Case Study
• SEI Report
Publisher
Software Engineering Institute
CMU/SEI Report Number
CMU/SEI-90-TR-025Abstract
This report describes a portion of the problem of maintaining tools for the purpose of software development. It discusses an innovative solution to tool version management available in the commercially available Network Software Environment from Sun Microsystems, Inc. It applies NSE mechanisms to solve three problems that are common to the use and management of tools for software development.
Cite This SEI Report
Feiler, P., & Downey, G. (1990, November 1). Tool Version Management Technology: A Case Study. (SEI Report CMU/SEI-90-TR-025). Retrieved February 4, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/tool-version-management-technology-a-case-study/.
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Feiler, Peter, and Grace Downey. "Tool Version Management Technology: A Case Study." (CMU/SEI-90-TR-025). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, November 1, 1990. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/tool-version-management-technology-a-case-study/.
P. Feiler, and G. Downey, "Tool Version Management Technology: A Case Study," Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, SEI Report CMU/SEI-90-TR-025, 1-Nov-1990 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/tool-version-management-technology-a-case-study/. [Accessed: 4-Feb-2026].
Feiler, Peter, and Grace Downey. "Tool Version Management Technology: A Case Study." (SEI Report CMU/SEI-90-TR-025). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Nov. 1990. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/tool-version-management-technology-a-case-study/. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
Feiler, Peter; & Downey, Grace. Tool Version Management Technology: A Case Study. CMU/SEI-90-TR-025. Software Engineering Institute. 1990. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/tool-version-management-technology-a-case-study/