Mercurial loses a developer

Mercurial loses a developer

Posted Oct 1, 2005 1:51 UTC (Sat) by jcm (subscriber, #18262)
Parent article: Mercurial loses a developer

I said for a long long time that BitKeeper would end in tears, and it did. But to add insult to injury, this kind of activity just seems to rub the whole thing right in our faces. This is behaviour I would not even expect to see coming from Microsoft, but it's an encouragement for those people.

I've used BitKeeper at work in my previous company. Fortunately, I'm now in a position to actively recommend against use of BK for this and similar reasons (sometimes it's not so much about the technology as doing the right thing - better to use git and live without the flashy interface). BitMover can sell plenty of product without calling up people and having this kind of conversation but they apparently choose not to do so.

Jon.

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