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I'd argue it succeeded (at least more recently) because of the UX that companies like Github and Gitlab gave, not particularly linus or because it was free.
by sdan 7y ago
I'd argue it succeeded (at least more recently) because of the UX that companies like Github and Gitlab gave, not particularly linus or because it was free.
- TylerE 7y agoIf Linus hasn’t pushed it, it never would have caught on.
- bryanrasmussen 7y agoSure lots of good things would never catch on except an influential person in the field the good thing targets says: hey this is really useful for us! This gets lots of people to look at it. But those people still have to decide in the end of the day whether it is actually useful for them.
- sdan 7y agoReminds me of sports: Just because Steph Curry uses Under Armor doesn't mean everyone will too. I think obviously something created by Linus was deemed to be of great value, but what made Git as profound as it is today is: UX for the majority of people who are beginners, which was Github backed by millions of other developers.
- babuskov 7y agoGithub was made because people wanted to use Git really bad, but the UX wasn't there. Git was already successful at that point. Git succeeded because it was good. Github just made it more accessible.