> One example is version control, which wasn't standard until the mid-2000s. Distributed version control wasn't standard until Git and Hg (2005). Version cont

> One example is version control, which wasn't standard until the mid-2000s. Distributed version control wasn't standard until Git and Hg (2005). Version control has been around for decades. CVS (1986/1990) was popular in the open-source communities, while ClearCase (1992) and others were more common in industry. It took a while for Git to shake out as the standard version control, but version control in general has been standard industry practice for a long time. Let's give credit where credit is due. The need to track changes to software is not some recent idea.