The plans Subversion developers had were very promising; but the implementation wasn't that good and some non-obvious but handy features were missed. The enchan

The plans Subversion developers had were very promising; but the implementation wasn't that good and some non-obvious but handy features were missed. The enchanted users flocked to Subversion in hopes of it improving over time. The disillusioned users jump the ship once they learn of better alternatives. Embraced and discarded? With a little hyperbole, and two decades of time scale, that's Win32. Startups used to do Win32 programs by default, now it's web. Of course big, hulkin' companies still do...