Coyotedata offers a new service to project developers -- providing a web site, ftp site, plus a secure server to store the project's source code. Details on this Source Code Archive Server (SCAS) are available at coyotedata.com.

The Source Code Archive Server provides an important and valuable tool to people who are working on software projects. It is aimed primarily at small to medium Open Source Groups who are at widely scattered locations, and who need a "shared" code repository. It also provides revision control services and discussion forums allowing for a sharing of ideas among those working on the project.

The SCAS is a combination web server (web hosting) and ftp server (software archive server) with some special value added features:

• CGI hooks to RCS (Revision Control System). A Revision Control System is used by software developers to keep track of changes to complex software projects. A Revision Control System maintains a history of changes, along with details on who (programmer) changed what and why. RCS includes a log message describing the changes for each revision.

• Public and private discussion forums. Public forums are places where customers of the software developer can pose questions, make suggestions, and report problems. The private forums are places where the developers of a software project can discuss (privately) design ideas, bug reports, and other issues.

• Protection for the source code archives. Coyotedata provides security for the source code archives, protecting them from unauthorized access. It also protects the source code archives with a secure backup.