title: Best open source alternative for MS Visual Source Safe?
body: <p>We are leaving VSS for TFS or any other alternatives. I'm the one who persists to go for an open source alternative like SVN. Now I'm searching for a good open source Version Control regarding following aspects:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>We are in love with open source movement and cross-platform.</li>
  <li>Could it be possible to use it with Mono, SharpDevelop and Express editions of VS instead of Visual Studio itself?</li>
  <li>What about backup?</li>
  <li>Is it integrated with VS without serious problems?</li>
  <li>Any API or command prompt access?</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Please notice I've read following previous texts about it but still need more help:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/690766/vss-or-svn-for-a-net-project">VSS or SVN for a .Net Project?</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61959/tfs-vs-open-source-alternatives">TFS vs open source alternatives?</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44588/how-to-convince-a-company-to-switch-their-source-control">How to convince a company to switch their Source Control</a></p>