On Sun, 6 Sep 2015 18:35:49 +0000 (UTC) Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: > On 2015-09-06, Greencopper <greencopperm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Systemd is spreading like a cancer striking its ugly tentacles into > > everything it can get its hands on. > > > > "cancer striking its ugly tentacles into everything it can get its > hands on" > > So pathetically put I wonder if you might not be a sock puppet for the > other side, mixing metaphors and confusing appendages in order to cast > doubt upon the mental abilities of the opposition (that is, yourself > and your minions if we could accept you at face value). > > Everything is so confusing. > > But while three-year-olds are washing up upon this shore and that face > down and stiff from *rigor mortis* because they want to get out from > under the bombs, let's have another long, long circle jerk whine and > dine about our favorite init systems. > You might want to ease back on that one a little, it turns out that the family have lived in Turkey for three years, and were not fleeing war. Tragic, most definitely, bombs, no.
> At least we got our priorities straight here, right? > 'Our'? We all have different priorities. OK, the language was dramatic rather than pathetic, but fairly descriptive. All kinds of system software *is* being pulled together under the 'systemd' badge, and inevitably will one day stop functioning separately. It's not wrong to point this out, though it is better done dispassionately. Maybe it's a good thing, but good or bad, it's worth being continuously aware of. -- Joe