Fair point, but I have two counterpoints: 1) Changing version control systems may be an unwinnable corporate political battle, while changing comment style may

Fair point, but I have two counterpoints: 1) Changing version control systems may be an unwinnable corporate political battle, while changing comment style may just be a team decision. 2) Not everyone who may need to understand or modify your code may have access to your repositories. I worked on a program where partner companies were provided source snapshots for developing their own algorithms but were not allowed access to our repositories.