The Grumpy Editor's guide to surviving the systemd debate

Sometimes fear is justified.

I fear the next US national election, because I have lived long enough
to see a trend (and not just a statistical trend but a trend in the
opinions of people I talk to). My fear of systemd and projects
associated with it is somewhat similar. The similar aspects include the
fact that nominally I can influence the outcome in both cases (by voting
or contributing code), yet my influence will make no difference in the
face of the trend, with a 99.999% probability.