>Basically the author prefers GIT and mercurial over subversion because of easier branching That wasn't exactly the conclusion I got out of it. I felt like he

>Basically the author prefers GIT and mercurial over subversion because of easier branching That wasn't exactly the conclusion I got out of it. I felt like he expressed a slight preference for git and mercurial, but at the end he asked for people to envision what a web/SAAS version control system should really look like, since none of the 3 fit that bill, in his opinion. (I agree with the second half of what you wrote that I'm not quoting here.)