Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Did some particular technology mature? Some idea finally come of age? 
> It somehow became fashionable to write one?

BitKeeper rose and then fell. It fell for business and philosophical
reasons, but the technical ideas were worth borrowing. Linus Torvalds
played a big role in BitKeeper's arc, and that probably got a lot more
people interested in how to mimic and replace it.

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Steven E. Harris


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