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FOSS existed and worked fine before Github and even before Git itself. It's certainly a convenient tool, but not irreplaceable. Git is also well suited to being

FOSS existed and worked fine before Github and even before Git itself. It's certainly a convenient tool, but not irreplaceable. Git is also well suited to being used in a decentralized way (with no centrally hosted master) compared to older VCSs like SVN. Again, less convenient but not the end of the world.

eviks 2y ago
Git is not well suited since it lacks one of the most important part of collaboration - communication
- User23 2y ago
  Git was designed to be used with email, which adequately solved for communication and decentralization (at the time at least).
  - sqeaky 2y ago
    And even if it doesn't wouldn't to Dedicated communication tool solve communication better than a dedicated revision control system? What happened to using multiple applications each best suited for their domain?
    - eviks 2y ago
      Life happend and led to the concentrated "best suited github.com app for the domain" which spawns sister articles to the one posted here
  - eviks 2y ago
    it was just as inadequate at the time as it is now