[bayareaguy]

It's sort of like if people suddenly got singing-and-dancing-in-the-streets excited over a somewhat better version of make

I'd sing and dance for a somewhat better version of make that doesn't end up causing me more problems over time then it solves.

[silentbicycle]

I meant people in general, not programmers specifically.

People who wouldn't generally care about something like a VC system are excited about git because Linus is talking it up, I think.