Take it into context? If there is no befit why waste your energy?
>You should look into the history of RCS->CVS->SVN (and revision control systems in general) to understand the nuances there.
I don't know what you want to say. Newer is better? Distributed is the only way to go? Mongo better then sqlite?
It's a source control system, and if it matches your organization good, if not change it.