“BitKeeper was first utilized by a Linux project in December of
1999, when it was employed by the Linux PowerPC project. Then in
February of 2002, Linux creator Linus Torvalds decided that
BitKeeper was ‘the best tool for the job’ and started using it to
manage the mainline kernel, an event that received much attention
in the free and open source communities, and beyond. BitMover, the
company behind BitKeeper, was founded by its current CEO, Larry
McVoy, who originally conceived of BitKeeper as a tool to keep
Linus from getting burnt out by the growing task of managing the
Linux Kernel. Since Linus began using the tool three years ago, the
pace of Linux kernel development has doubled…”
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