"Torvalds: I really never wanted to do source control management at all and felt that it was just about the least interesting thing in the computing world."<p>I love how this story underlines the 'just do it' attitude. Git wasn't born from a grand plan but from an immediate need and a pragmatic approach. Sometimes, that's all it takes to start something revolutionary.
Nice article -- it's amazing that BitKeeper's downfall led to the growth of not just one but two amazing distributed VCSes (Git and Mercurial). I wonder if anybody has some insight (it's probably out there) on why Git and Mercurial developed as two separate projects, given their goals while starting out were mostly aligned.