[plorkyeran]

As a point of reference, the Joel Test was written in 2000 and even then "Do you use source control" was something you had to actually ask.

[ddebernardy]

You'd be surprised. One of the questions I systematically ask when interviewing developers is whether they're experienced using version control systems. Not all are. The same goes for automated testing, following coding standards, or (of all things) using a bug tracker.