[ryandrake]

I remember an embedded company I joined; when I asked how they manage releases, the eng manager said, "well, we find an engineer who has a copy of the source code that can successfully build with no errors, copy it off their workstation (debug symbols and all), and send it to the factory to get flashed onto devices." Total clown show.

[kabdib]

One large phone manufacturer maintained a room full of PCs, each machine configured to build for one model of phone.

I don't know if they kept backups. I wouldn't take that bet.

[sumtechguy]

'sometimes we check it into sourcesafe' in 2018...