I normally shy away from writing provocative information-light rants. The important parts (for me):
1. github is a social service, or perhaps best used as a social service
2. it has "the momentum", which is paramount for social services
3. git has "the momentum" wrt adoption of dvcs
There are assumptions implicit within these arguments that I've accepted, based largely on the summation of 'soft' and anecdotal evidence that has built up over the last couple years. People are right to challenge them, and right in their criticism that I take them at face value.
1. github is a social service, or perhaps best used as a social service
2. it has "the momentum", which is paramount for social services
3. git has "the momentum" wrt adoption of dvcs
There are assumptions implicit within these arguments that I've accepted, based largely on the summation of 'soft' and anecdotal evidence that has built up over the last couple years. People are right to challenge them, and right in their criticism that I take them at face value.