> ... he was just a competent person, at the right place and time. Right skill set, right place, right time. The decentralized team workflow of Open Source pro

> ... he was just a competent person, at the right place and time. Right skill set, right place, right time. The decentralized team workflow of Open Source projects demanded a decentralized version control system (DVCS). A number of DVCS systems emerged with varying trade-offs. It is interesting, but non obvious, which set of trade-offs gain greater adoption. Git versus Mercurial is a case study of this process.