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I think both git and hg started around 2005, by 2010 they were 5 year old technology. I wouldn't have called them mainstream, but I don't think bleeding edge is correct either.

Roman
– Roman

2012-11-30 16:08:31 +00:00
Commented Nov 30, 2012 at 16:08
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how does that answer the question asked? "What happened in 2010-01 that things suddenly changed" as shown at screen shot

gnat
– gnat

2012-11-30 16:11:01 +00:00
Commented Nov 30, 2012 at 16:11
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@gnat That is the bleeding out/critical mass stage I was referring to.

Michael
– Michael

2012-11-30 16:18:47 +00:00
Commented Nov 30, 2012 at 16:18
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@Michael the way I see it, your answer doesn't elaborate much on that. With all due respect, the way it is worded now it looks more like a wild guess, a shot in the dark. "Back then in Jan 2010, I felt like it's coming, there was something in the air..." Not very helpful sorry

gnat
– gnat

2012-11-30 16:31:34 +00:00
Commented Nov 30, 2012 at 16:31
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The issues that spawned distributed source control have been fixed by better tooling. Today's SVN is far better than the years-old version that DVCS folks seem to think is still current, and it fixes the inherent problems with the old model without introducing all the new headaches and additional complexity that DVCS brings to the table.

Mason Wheeler
– Mason Wheeler

2012-11-30 18:50:58 +00:00
Commented Nov 30, 2012 at 18:50

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