Don't fork in anger. There's such a long history of projects starting out of a desire to not change, and so many of them (most, I would wager) fizzle out soon

Don't fork in anger. There's such a long history of projects starting out of a desire to not change, and so many of them (most, I would wager) fizzle out soon after. Being against some specific feature or architectural change is not the same as having a future vision that can drive a person to work on something, for no pay, for years or decades. Anger fades...the people you're angry at ignore the new project, making it unsatisfying in terms of vengeance. And, again, it just doesn't stick with you the way a desire to do something new and better does. I'm not even saying systemd is great (it's good and bad in all sorts of novel ways), I'm just saying that the people who are just reacting against it, when the industry and community has been so clear about it being the future they are passionate about, are unlikely to do anything more than spin their wheels for a few months, and then fade away (as a project, I hope they all stick around as contributors to OSS things).