[otp209]

> Unfortunately for git alternatives, the momentum behind git is in large part pushed by the "social network" aspect of GitHub

And there was a time everyone thought facebook wouldn't dethrone myspace, [something.js] wouldn't replace [somethingelse.js], and so on.

First mover doesn't mean a lot in software. The network effect you brought up does, but there'll be plenty of people who don't want to get caught up in that "trap" and git/MS-land to seed a decent alternative. (Why should your code discovery networking site be prescribing your choice in VCS, anyway?)

[cmrdporcupine]

I agree with all of this, for sure, and I look forward to the situation changing. And I hope when it does, it does so in a way where the system has more than just Git as an SCM option.

I had hopes for bitbucket for a while, but it stagnated, and then Atlassian got their mitts on it.