Re: Github and _why



On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, lith wrote:

What good would it be to conserve the original version that would
never be updated/improved?

"Those who do not remember history are doomed to repeat it"

Knowing how and why a software package has evolved over its existence can
be quite important.

-- Matt
It's not what I know that counts.
It's what I can remember in time to use.

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