> Unfortunately for git alternatives, the momentum behind git is in large part pushed by the "social network" aspect of GitHub And there was a time everyone th

> Unfortunately for git alternatives, the momentum behind git is in large part pushed by the "social network" aspect of GitHub And there was a time everyone thought facebook wouldn't dethrone myspace, [something.js] wouldn't replace [somethingelse.js], and so on. First mover doesn't mean a lot in software. The network effect you brought up does, but there'll be plenty of people who don't want to get caught up in that "trap" and git/MS-land to seed a decent alternative. (Why should your code discovery networking site be prescribing your choice in VCS, anyway?)