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Re:Linus Torvalds's first public mention of git (2005) by jordigh on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @03:34PM (#9265364)
Unlikely. Linus praises Larry several times and said that he had absolutely no problem with Larry making Bitkeeper non-free:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/11/torvalds_attack/

On the other hand, he was quite angry with Tridgell:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/14/torvalds_attacks_tri...

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Re:Linus Torvalds's first public mention of git (2005) by dwyer on Thursday March 26, 2015 @07:49AM (#9268882)
> McVoy was adamant: "sorry, we're not in the business of helping you develop a competing product," he replied.

This business model is precisely what lead to a killer competing product being developed. Good job.

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Re:Linus Torvalds's first public mention of git (2005) by Rayearth on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @04:16PM (#9265633)
In the end, it might be fair to say that everyone involved (Linus, Larry and Tridgell) was a git.
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