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by hinkley 653 days ago
Remember Linus created git to help deal with an ever escalating inbox full of patches.
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You have your history wrong here.
No I don’t. You’re confusing motivation with requirements. I’m talking about requirements.

But of advice. Outside of TV programming, when an American is talking about why a tool was created, they almost always mean its purpose, not its origin story. That inspiration story on TV is aimed at inventors. The people who use the tools don’t care, and it’s an anecdote for the rest of us.

I suspect that has something to do with that illusion we maintained of American Ingenuity. I don’t need the back story, what’s it for?

> But of advice. Outside of TV programming, when an American is talking about why a tool was created, they almost always mean its purpose, not its origin story.

It's so bizarre you're giving advice here based on such strong assumptions. There was absolutely no need to bring nationality into this discussion at all.

> You’re confusing motivation with requirements. I’m talking about requirements.

Or, they just disagree with your statement. It would have been better they say why though.

I'm sorry people are being dismissively snide and downvotive about this reasonable characterization of things (see: https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=111288700902396) because they think knowing the factoid that linux used bitkeeper is some kind of "epic own".
cough BitKeeper cough