So do you think Linus made a mistake writing Git and should have gone with Mercurial instead? I mean, the argument by popularity can apply to CVS and SVN too, w

So do you think Linus made a mistake writing Git and should have gone with Mercurial instead? I mean, the argument by popularity can apply to CVS and SVN too, which were at times more popular than Git.. I don't find it a very convincing explanation. Popularity could have been the reason why people chose Git over Mercurial specifically (if you're talking about DVCSs), but this kinda makes what Linus did a bad choice. What I am saying is if people chose inferior product (with worse UX) due to popularity or network effects, then this was a mistake, and you should be able to point out what exactly the mistake is.