[srer]

Reminds me of discussions I had in the early 00's! People would say "Linux is cool and I'd like to try it, but Windows is where all the jobs are".

It's a fine point, and quite reasonable. It is however I think important that we don't all take your approach.

[bborud]

The thing about Linux in the early 00s was that to a significant portion of developers, it was already obvious where things were headed. Anyone not seeing the potential wasn't really paying attention. And one shouldn't care what people who aren't paying attention think.

How likely is it that Fossil will displace Git? If you believe it is likely, then learning it, and using it for projects, may be time well spent. But even then, it'll take so long that you will still have plenty of time to adapt. So perhaps it is something you should keep an eye on, but not worth investing in now. If you find Git to be a pain, then a better investment right now, which pays off right now, would be to figure out what you can do to get along with Git, and thus most developers.

You have to treat learning as an investment. Which means, you have to think about about returns on investment. And just like regular investments, it doesn't matter what people who don't pay attention think.

[kelnos]

I think it kinda doesn't matter in this context, though. You can pick up enough in an afternoon to be productive in a new VCS. If I worked at a Mercurial shop, I wouldn't disqualify a candidate that had only used git.

But sysadmin'ing Windows vs. Linux is basically two different jobs. You certainly wouldn't hire someone to be a Linux admin who'd only worked on Windows servers before.

[cortesoft]

Do you really think other SCMs are going to take over git like Linux has in the server industry?

Also, I wouldn’t put the choice of SCM at the same level as the choice for OS.

[inferiorhuman]

Eventually? Sure, nothing is forever. But the replacement won't be by something older like p4 or hg. The real question is: has the replacement been written yet?

[ghoward]

Not yet. I'm getting there though. :P