I actually consider primitiveness (insofar as it means simplicity) to be an advantage in collaboration tools like VCSes and ticketing/bug systems.
I currently work, for the first time, at a shop that uses git, and the closest thing we have to a git expert/evangelist has been complaining about how much hand-holding of developers he's had to do, especially as the company grows.
I like to point out that it's not the job of these developers (and web designers and a sysadmin) to become experts in a VCS, so one which is complex enough that it can't be effectively (if not fully) used by someone with just a passing knowledge, is bound to waste more time than it saves.
My other allegation is that git is not targeted at startups, which are, typically, very non-distributed collaboration environments. I like to gibe that Linus is the only target, but git does strike me as much more geared toward the decentralized development model of open source projects.
I actually consider primitiveness (insofar as it means simplicity) to be an advantage in collaboration tools like VCSes and ticketing/bug systems.
I currently work, for the first time, at a shop that uses git, and the closest thing we have to a git expert/evangelist has been complaining about how much hand-holding of developers he's had to do, especially as the company grows.
I like to point out that it's not the job of these developers (and web designers and a sysadmin) to become experts in a VCS, so one which is complex enough that it can't be effectively (if not fully) used by someone with just a passing knowledge, is bound to waste more time than it saves.
My other allegation is that git is not targeted at startups, which are, typically, very non-distributed collaboration environments. I like to gibe that Linus is the only target, but git does strike me as much more geared toward the decentralized development model of open source projects.