Well you might not be wrong but you're maybe reading it a little too literally. I fought for months to get management let us think about migrating to Git (from CVS!), and it never happened. (I left less than a month ago, before it ever was agreed upon). I think it's a similar situation, because although I'm not a C++ programmer, I believe STL is pretty heavily used and is not "cutting edge technology". I would argue Git is in the same boat, but even if you disagree, CVS is ancient technology. If you find yourself in this situation, and you're a programmer, "call your headhunter"! That's what I should have done months ago, and instead thought things could change. I think there are probably others like that and that's who this post was talking to.
