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The Linux kernel is fairly important and the kernel developers trust a "bleeding edge" VCS. SVN is great for an individual or simple project, but sharing patch

• davidw 19y ago
  It's more than fairly important, it's extremely important and big. That means that it's also a bit of an outlier in terms of lines of code, people involved, and so on, which is why Linus seems to have undertaken the painful project of making his own revision control thing. I'll wait till he's shaken the bugs out until I give it a go, though, as being an early adopter gives me zero competitive advantage.