Linus never used CVS because he couldn't stand it. The kernel had no version control until BitKeeper came along specifically because Linus wasn't sold on version control until he discovered BitKeeper, and then when McVoy killed their licenses, Linus chose to write his own system because he didn't like any of the existing ones.
Linus never used CVS because he couldn't stand it. The kernel had no version control until BitKeeper came along specifically because Linus wasn't sold on version control until he discovered BitKeeper, and then when McVoy killed their licenses, Linus chose to write his own system because he didn't like any of the existing ones.