Ted Gould
@bgcarlisle it could be, but really it was more that it was thrown together by people who didn't care about the UX, just the underlying data structures.
Became defacto because it was used by celebrities. And then everyone.
There were/are better DVCSes, but nothing has been able to get that level of endorsement.
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