Hi,
Linux has Linus, ipython has Fernando, nipy has... well, I'm sure it is somebody. Numpy and Scipy no longer have a central figure and I like it that way. There is no reason that DVCS has to inevitably lead to a central authority.
I think I was trying to say that the way it looks as if it will be - before you try it - is very different from the way it actually is when you get there. Anne put the idea very well - but I still think it is very hard to understand, without trying it, just how liberating the workflow is from anxieties about central authorities and so on. You can just get on with what you want to do, talk with or merge from whoever you want, and the whole development process becomes much more fluid and productive. And I know that sounds chaotic but - it just works. Really really well. See you, Matthew