> Sure, we had CVS > […] > Data communications and interchange formats were TERRIBLE (and always proprietary) Not always. We had Kermit (https://en.wikipedia.

> Sure, we had CVS > […] > Data communications and interchange formats were TERRIBLE (and always proprietary) Not always. We had Kermit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_(protocol) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_(protocol)) and NCSA Telnet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCSA_Telnet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCSA_Telnet) years before we had CVS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrent_Versions_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrent_Versions_System) (1981, 1986, 1990)