The Grumpy Editor's guide to surviving the systemd debate [LWN.net]

The Grumpy Editor's guide to surviving the systemd debate

Posted Nov 14, 2014 20:37 UTC (Fri) by johannbg (guest, #65743)
In reply to: The Grumpy Editor's guide to surviving the systemd debate by mgb
Parent article: The Grumpy Editor's guide to surviving the systemd debate

"Systemd is so tied to RedHat's business goals"

By all means elaborate what you mean by this.

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The Grumpy Editor's guide to surviving the systemd debate

Posted Nov 14, 2014 20:45 UTC (Fri) by mgb (guest, #3226) [Link] (3 responses)

> By all means elaborate what you mean by this.

Why is RedHat trying so hard to force adoption of 1970's systemd technology?

"If we adopt new technology and incorporate it into our products, and competing technology becomes more widely used, the market appeal of our products may be reduced, which could harm our reputation, diminish the Red Hat brand and result in decreased revenue." [Redhat Prospectus]

The Grumpy Editor's guide to surviving the systemd debate

Posted Nov 15, 2014 1:32 UTC (Sat) by johannbg (guest, #65743) [Link] (2 responses)

By calculation the share arrogance of some of Red Hat's employees will have the corporate eat the Mahatma Gandhi quote it decided to commercialize in the long run but I dont give shit about some fancy notion shitty corporation like Red Hat force adoption ( which by the way it forces that adoption through Fedora, think products here or "recommendation" if you want to go further into the past ) What I asked you was to elaborate was why do you think "Systemd is so tied to RedHat's business goals".

I did not ask you for ignant 1970's metaphor so under the assumption you dont have shit for brains clarify how you came to that assumption or conclusion that systemd is being somehow run by or tied to RedHat's business goals.

Somehow you came to that conclusion and I ask how.

The Grumpy Editor's guide to surviving the systemd debate

Posted Nov 15, 2014 15:54 UTC (Sat) by flussence (guest, #85566) [Link] (1 responses)

I knew you were a crank before, but this tactless rage-spew confirms it beyond a shadow of a doubt. *plonk*

The Grumpy Editor's guide to surviving the systemd debate

Posted Nov 15, 2014 17:10 UTC (Sat) by johannbg (guest, #65743) [Link]

And?

If you required some confirmation about my mood then you simply could have asked and I would have answered that it's like the Icelandic weather if you dont like it just wait a minute...

The Grumpy Editor's guide to surviving the systemd debate

Posted Nov 17, 2014 23:51 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] (1 responses)

Clearly that it serves RH's business goals to ship a working init system that's better than any other out there.

I'm not really sure why this is objectionable, mind.

The Grumpy Editor's guide to surviving the systemd debate

Posted Nov 18, 2014 1:10 UTC (Tue) by anselm (subscriber, #2796) [Link]

Especially if said init system is freely available for all other Linux distributions to use, and is governed by a diverse developer community that includes representatives from practically all distributions.