The plumbing layer as the new kernel

the problem isn't that systemd introduces a new init system, it's that anyone who doesn't move to systemd is being painted as 'diverging' from the 'standard' or otherwise being 'divisive'

I happen to agree with Shuttleworth's comment that upstart knows what it wants to be while systemd seems to want to be everything, but the real issue is the conflect between people who seem to think that there should be multiple options vs the people who think there should only be one way.