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17th July 2007 - Link Blog

A look back: Bram Cohen vs Linus Torvalds. Makes the case that Git has proved Linus Torvald correct on every point of his infamous debate with Bram Cohen back in 2005.

Posted 17th July 2007 at 10:29 pm

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This is a link post by Simon Willison, posted on 17th July 2007.

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