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tomnipotent on Nov 1, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Linus Torvalds: Git proved I could be more than a ...

> But why did a better UI lose to an inferior one?

Because it wasn't better? Git won because it's overall a superior VCS, had better support for complex workflows, was performant, and had GitHub which means teams could circumvent IT.

pjmlp on Nov 1, 2019 [–]

Git won because anyone that wanted to contribute to Linux had to use it.

tomnipotent on Nov 1, 2019 | | [–]

That's ridiculous. That's a drop in the bucket compared to the number of other developers and projects out there.

clktmr on Nov 1, 2019 | | [–]

That's not true at all. All you need ist a diff tool and an email address.

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