I was introduce to version control around 2003 (svn) and before that at small companies we would just ftp files around because we all worked on separate parts of the codebase. I didn't work at a large company (IBM, Microsoft, etc) but I'm really curious how companies with that many developers handled source control and conflicts before the likes of git and git[hub|lab] etc.
I assume that most companies fail because they fail to find product-market fit before running out of money, but are there good examples of companies that have failed because their code was horribly written? What about a lack of tests, or bad coding standards? How about poor architecture or infrastructure decisions?
