The tragedy of systemd is tight coupling. What makes Linux great is that I used to always have a choice - regarding what kernel I use, what editor, what shell,

The tragedy of systemd is tight coupling. What makes Linux great is that I used to always have a choice - regarding what kernel I use, what editor, what shell, even what Init I use... Systemd changed all that. Distro makers gave up supporting alternatives because it would mean too much work. (I almost flipped out when I read somewhere they had to do it because of some Gnome-related component... I mean I don't care about Gnome, I don't even use X, but I have hundreds of servers to manage - now let's change everything because one guy said it's the only way...) Nobody would make what Lennart did if we had a choice. Those who liked Systemd would use it, and the rest would use the init of their choice. As simple as that.