[Info-vax] systemd boycott call was: Re: Why so much Unix envy?

[Paul Sture]

On 2014-09-08, Simon Clubley
<clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
> On 2014-09-08, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>>
>> This whole thread started because someone complained about the 
>> difficulty in porting some software to VMS since the programmer were so 
>> Unix-centric in their coding, and I just pointed out that they should 
>> not throw stones in glass houses, as programs written under VMS was not 
>> written with any more portability in mind.
>>
>> I'm not saying anything more than that. VMS programs (or programmers) 
>> were just not any better than those that were complained about.
>>
>
> I agree.
>
> And BTW, at the rate things are going, if you want to run some Linux
> originated software on VMS, you are going to need to emulate the
> systemd interfaces. :-(
>
> My position in the systemd saga BTW is: nice idea, lousy implementation.
> My major problem with it is the monolithic mass of code to replace
> existing functionality. If it was a modular design and was designed to
> be portable across operating systems, then I would have far less
> problems with it.
>
> The other major concern is all that new code is also going to bring
> along all new nice shiny attack vectors with it.

Posted on Sunday in comp.misc_

From: Rich <rich at example.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: boycott systemd
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 06:01:12 +0000 (UTC)

http://boycottsystemd.org/

   systemd is a replacement for the sysvinit daemon used in GNU/Linux and
   Unix systems, originally authored by Lennart Poettering of Red Hat. It
   represents a monumental increase in complexity, an abhorrent and violent
   slap in the face to the Unix philosophy, and its inherent domineering
   and viral nature turns it into something akin to a "second kernel" that
   is spreading all across the Linux ecosystem.

   This site aims to serve as a rundown and a wake-up call to take a stand
   against the widespread proliferation of systemd, to detail why it is
   harmful, and to persuade users to reject its use.


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