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Git is one of the most widely used distributed protocols on the internet. GitHub is just one node on the graph... seems like a decent use/definition to me.
by jtms 7y ago
Git is one of the most widely used distributed protocols on the internet. GitHub is just one node on the graph... seems like a decent use/definition to me.
- sdinsn 7y agoDistributed is not the same as decentralized. GitHub is centralized and distributed.
- arshbot 7y agoI'm not sure if GitHub fits the definition of distributed (unless you're talking about their load balancing setup, in which case - is that relevant?), but git is designed to be a decentralized store of information (specifically code, but not stricty) and optionally distributed.
- jtms 7y agoGit, the protocol, is not the same as GitHub, the service. Git, the protocol, is absolutely distributed. And just to repeat my point - GitHub is only a single possible node in the graph