From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [Census] So who uses git? Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:32:30 -0800 Message-ID: <43E10CCE.5090500@zytor.com> References: <46a038f90601251810m1086d353ne8c7147edee4962a@mail.gmail.com> <46a038f90601272133o53438987ka6b97c21d0cdf921@mail.gmail.com> <1138446030.9919.112.camel@evo.keithp.com> <7vzmlgt5zt.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <20060130185822.GA24487@hpsvcnb.fc.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Junio C Hamano , Keith Packard , Martin Langhoff , Linus Torvalds , Git Mailing List X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Feb 01 20:37:21 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F4Nmm-0007PK-Lk for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:37:01 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422895AbWBATg5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 14:36:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422897AbWBATg5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 14:36:57 -0500 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([192.83.249.54]:6533 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422895AbWBATg5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 14:36:57 -0500 Received: from [172.27.0.18] (c-67-180-238-27.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.180.238.27]) (authenticated bits=0) by terminus.zytor.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k11JWUI7011199 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 11:32:31 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en To: Carl Baldwin In-Reply-To: <20060130185822.GA24487@hpsvcnb.fc.hp.com> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88, clamav-milter version 0.87 on localhost X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL autolearn=no version=3.0.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on terminus.zytor.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Carl Baldwin wrote: > > - Anyone can install and fire it up without license/contract hassles. > For something like an SCM this is a big deal, and not just for the Open Source world. In a company, it means not having to worry about having enough licenses, and getting budget approval, etc, etc, before a new person can join a project. Perhaps more importantly, it allows someone who normally isn't *on* the project to look at it and participate. -hpa