I am trying to understand if I really have any case for using git/mercurial.
The projects I work are java and c# projects, usually with 5-20 people working towards a com
Gave you one vote for the good humor in the svn/dinosaur crack.
It's possible to use Git in a very similar manner you use subversion so nothing would be lost there and when, with time, you and your team would find some uses for efficient forking, branching, or any other nifty Git specific features, they could be implemented in a measured and responsible way.