"This has little to do with git vs SVN and everything to do with an inflexible and inexperienced know-it-all being incapable of even trying to pick up an older

"This has little to do with git vs SVN and everything to do with an inflexible and inexperienced know-it-all being incapable of even trying to pick up an older technology." s/older/unfamiliar/ I absolutely agree with that substitution. You can (and I certainly do) see the exact sort of thing going on in the reverse direction with various technologies. I'm guilty of it myself. That's why I find it interesting.