Positions forming in the Debian init system discussion

The point is that a multi-pronged approach will yield better results overall. They improve their chances of *some* approach working – and if more than one would work, they can choose which has the better cost/benefit ratio.

They did not consider the cost to society when (not if) the whole kaboodle becomes public knowledge, but that seems to be an ingrained part of the military genome – neither did the a**hats back in the 60s who tried to talk Kennedy into a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the Soviet Union.