It may take some time, but git & hg are doing it the smart way with the likes of git-svn and hgsubversion. Moving from one vcs to another usually meant 1) a di

It may take some time, but git & hg are doing it the smart way with the likes of git-svn and hgsubversion. Moving from one vcs to another usually meant 1) a difficult and error-prone history conversion process and 2) a cold turkey switch to a new way of working. That's a recipe for resistance and frustration. If the incumbent is svn, early-adopter types can start using git-svn or hgsubversion right now, and can convert others one-by-one if and when they're ready.