arch has a legitimate claim to have been the first ever distributed version control system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_version_control https://e

arch has a legitimate claim to have been the first ever distributed version control system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_version_control https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_version_control Not particularly popular though; that probably had something to do with Tom's dogmatism. He was an interesting and entertaining writer though! I had various interactions with him on irc #arch and related mailing lists.