Mercurial loses a developer

Mercurial loses a developer

Posted Oct 1, 2005 19:49 UTC (Sat) by sbergman27 (subscriber, #10767)
In reply to: Mercurial loses a developer by vblum
Parent article: Mercurial loses a developer

The main thing to note is that the proprieter of Bitmover, who is in a postition to know, is increasingly uncertain of Bitkeeper's ability to stay ahead of the competition on its own merits. Otherwise, such heavy-handed actions would not be deemed necessary. Actions speak louder than words, and Bitkeeper has spoken.

The Linux Kernel guys have, remarkably quickly, extricated themselves from Bitmover's tendrils. That example is there for the world to see. Open-Source SCM systems are experiencing a renaisance.

I'm expecting that at some point the rest of us, meaning those who do not happen to be the proprietor of Bitmover, are going to have to wear shades... ;-)

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