First of all, it's better than someone pushing SVN. Second, it's like Python vs Ruby (Hg vs Git). Doesn't matter. Third, any attempt to fix the current issues

First of all, it's better than someone pushing SVN. Second, it's like Python vs Ruby (Hg vs Git). Doesn't matter. Third, any attempt to fix the current issues of programming is better than "just hire a super-human-developer and leave him alone". Spolsky pushed bug tracking systems couple years ago, now he's advertising code review and better code commit/build workflow.