Re: bias...

"Deven T. Corzine" <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Jun 2002 14:44:30 -0400 (EDT)

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.emulators.wine.license
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On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Francois Gouget wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Roland wrote:
> 
> > At 10:34 AM 6/5/02 +0200, Marco Pietrobono wrote:
> >
> > >   shit. GCC is not destroying anything. Have you checked how many
> > >compilers are still around?
> >
> > Also did you know that Linux stopped using CVS and started using BitKeeper
> > a proprietary software to manage the sourcetree? He switched because it is
> > a much better system. I think there will always be space for innovation.
> 
> AFAIK, Linus never used CVS to store the Linux kernel. Before BitKeeper
> he used 'diff+tar+gzip' (i.e. nothing). So he did not switch per say.
> However, it is possible others (especially ports to non-x86
> architectures) had their own tree and used CVS.

That's correct.  He never used CVS.  At least now he's using something to 
keep things under better control, even if it is proprietary.  For those who 
abhor proprietary software, they're really no worse off than they were...

Deven