As a FreeBSD and Mercurial user, I get more than a little schadenfreude when Linux users complain about something being foisted on them by someone with a more dominant mindshare or marketshare.

Linux users spoke and set the system up to do exactly what it does--use a dominant position to drive out alternatives. They only complain when they suddenly wind up on the receiving end.

Perhaps if you don't like getting the pointy end of the stick, maybe you shouldn't sharpen it in the first place?