Open source enthusiasts are by definition a passionate bunch, with no quarter given or expected in the numerous chat rooms devoted to community-developed software. But even the most furious flaming ...

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Open source developers, as you might expect, typically use free compilers, editors, and other tools to build their software. But three years ago Linux creator Linus Torvalds began using a proprietary, ...

A look at Linux kernel developers' various revision control solutions through the years, Linus Torvalds' decision to use BitKeeper and the controversy that followed, and how Git came to be created.

BitKeeper was a proprietary tool that Linux creator Linus Torvalds started using in 2002, simply because there were no decent systems to manage the kernel project. At that time McVoy had two versions ...

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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. At least one open source software project is still using the proprietary BitKeeper source code management system, after it went ...

A number of open-source software projects will have to decide before the end of the month whether they want to continue using the proprietary source code management system, BitKeeper. The issue ...

Open source developers, as you might expect, typically use free compilers, editors, and other tools to build their software. But three years ago Linux creator Linus Torvalds began using a proprietary, ...