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by emmelaich 1429 days ago
arch has a legitimate claim to have been the first ever distributed version control system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_version_control

Not particularly popular though; that probably had something to do with Tom's dogmatism.

He was an interesting and entertaining writer though! I had various interactions with him on irc #arch and related mailing lists.