The tooling wasn't better. It was just different. BitKeeper was better than the alternatives. This was literally Linus' rationale for using it. Nothing what y

The tooling wasn't better. It was just different. BitKeeper was better than the alternatives. This was literally Linus' rationale for using it. Nothing what you say in the second paragraph contradicts what I said, but it also doesn't address the point at all. Do you understand why a difference in tooling and ease of working reduces openness?