Change... to what?

> GNU has the goal of remaking a Free UNIX.
That doesn't mean everything in Unix is perfect and must never be changed. In fact, GNU has made several design decisions that are different from SysV or BSD, for example they chose a microkernel design for the Hurd.

> Seems to me that if you disagree with pretty much all of the underlying design decisions of UNIX
I don't. I didn't comment on the idea of "everything is a file" at all, and I don't oppose the idea of a textual format in general. I'm just not making a religion out of it like you do. Now, I'm asking you again: what advantage would a text-based IPC/RPC protocol actually buy you, so that making it more inefficient than it needs to be is worth it?
And it's the same with the journal. I'm pretty sure it'll offer tools to dump logs in a textual format, so that you can use all the Unix tools you like with it. So, what's wrong with using a binary format when it has the potential to be more compact and much more efficient to query than a textual format?

> It is about time for a fork; to drive the heretics from the temple. To drive a stake in the ground and say here we take a stand; NO MORE. The Windows refugees who want 'a Windows that doesn't suck.' can go forth and do that. Elsewhere. If that means we never get 'the year of Linux on the Desktop.' we have to live with that consequence. We have made it twenty years waiting for that miracle and managed to thrive, if it never comes it isn't a terrible thing. Maybe UNIX just isn't for everyone, but for those who DO love it we would kinda like to keep it something we can recognize.
Dude, you have serious issues. Unix is a technology, it's not a religion. Get help.