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Re: git-scm.com website

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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Mar 9, 2015, 17:54 UTC
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On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 10:49 AM, David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> wrote:
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>> since many people coming to the page are doing research to figure out
>> if they want to switch to it in their companies. It also demonstrates
>> that these large companies are participating in the open source
>> community
>
> Uh no, it doesn't.  "Uses $x" does not constitute participation.
>
I am unsure what the intend of the site is or should be?

Do we want to convince other people to use it as in "everybody else uses it, so should you" or rather point out you can participate in the (development-) community as in "we got contributions from these companies and projects, you could also steer git in a direction you want by participating?"

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  1. Shawn PearceMar 9, 2015
  2. David KastrupMar 9, 2015
  3. Shawn PearceMar 9, 2015
  4. David KastrupMar 9, 2015
  5. Christian CouderMar 9, 2015
  6. Scott ChaconMar 9, 2015
  7. Jeff KingMar 9, 2015
  8. David KastrupMar 9, 2015
  9. Jonathan NiederMar 9, 2015
  10. Scott ChaconMar 9, 2015
  11. Stefan BellerMar 9, 2015
  12. David KastrupMar 9, 2015
  13. Stefan BellerMar 9, 2015
  14. David KastrupMar 9, 2015
  15. Michael J GruberMar 10, 2015

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