From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Shawn O. Pearce" Subject: Re: Mozilla picks a DSCM system.... an amusing read Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:15:09 -0400 Message-ID: <20070416041509.GL2229@spearce.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Git Mailing List To: Theodore Ts'o X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Apr 16 06:15:22 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HdIca-0001PZ-3w for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:15:20 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750930AbXDPEPP (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:15:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754242AbXDPEPP (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:15:15 -0400 Received: from corvette.plexpod.net ([64.38.20.226]:53021 "EHLO corvette.plexpod.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750930AbXDPEPN (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:15:13 -0400 Received: from cpe-74-70-48-173.nycap.res.rr.com ([74.70.48.173] helo=asimov.home.spearce.org) by corvette.plexpod.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HdIcR-0004RN-RX; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:15:11 -0400 Received: by asimov.home.spearce.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DEAFE20FBAE; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:15:09 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - corvette.plexpod.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - spearce.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Theodore Ts'o wrote: > > Unfortunately git was knocked out early due to concerns about the > quality of its Win32 support, but it's a fun read, with some amusing > artwork as side commentary: > > http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/preed/2007/04/version_control_system_shootou_1.html The last article from preed on this topic was equally fun. Interesting to see the comments on the bottom of the article; apparently a large number of Git fans have commented about how the Windows community didn't get involved in development, and are now pissed that Git isn't equally available for their platform. ;-) There's a lot of truth in that - Windows users (that I know anyway) just want something to work. Even if they are themselves a programmer, they don't want to write X, they want someone else to give them X for free, in a fully functional state. Which is an attitude that I never see from Linux users... -- Shawn.