At least with git vs. mercurial, I'm pretty sure there's no marketing department on either side scheming to start a war between each other to choke out the othe

At least with git vs. mercurial, I'm pretty sure there's no marketing department on either side scheming to start a war between each other to choke out the other alternatives. Similarly, both Apple and Google might welcome the press, but that's very different from actually staging it.