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And people buy automobiles, not engines.

• Deestan 15y ago
  This is a discussion about engines. Your comment is non sequitur.
  • Game_Ender 15y ago
    It's the front end that the github people have created which is desirable. They could have created something very similar with Darcs or Mercurial and it would of been just as nice to use.
    • heelhook 15y ago
      darcshub.com mercurialhub.com? Nah, github sounds cooler... extra points for shortness.
      • 4ad 15y ago
        I take your mercurialhub and give you a hghub instead. Ooops, it's actually shorter than hghub. github sounds cooler though, I take that. You can actually pronounce it.
• SwellJoe 15y ago
  The internal combustion engine changed the world. It did it by way of automobiles (and other powered machines), but the internal combustion engine, in and of itself, was required for any of that stuff to come into existence. Likewise, git is the engine for numerous things. I'm not sure I understand how hackers can continually underestimate the impact of our own tools and technology. There are millions of developers using git today, and the ones who use git are the most important and influential developers in the world. Sometimes I wonder if nerds even realize how much impact they have on the "real world"....
  • 4ad 15y ago
    It is the idea of the combustion engine, and the fact that it became technical possible to build them that changed the world. It's not any particular combustion engine, but the combustion engine industry as a whole. Yes, the combustion engine is very important for a car, but it became a commodity. Yes, DVCS changed the world. Git maybe more than others because of its popularity, but slowly I think they are becoming commodities. Github could function with any other DVCS and practically all major DVCS (git, mercurial, darcs, bazaar) are interoperable one with another, making the choice more personal than technological.