While not arguing IBM/RH is actually doing EEE. > they simply hired the guy who first developed it If so, they aren't the originators, but it doesn't preclude

While not arguing IBM/RH is actually doing EEE. > they simply hired the guy who first developed it If so, they aren't the originators, but it doesn't preclude them from using systemd to do EEE. > open source and GPL, anybody can fork While being OSS and GPL limits attainable power, controlling the development on ever changing software with increasing scope does yield quite significant power and makes practical forking quite hard if you with to remain compatible. > out-competing alternatives I remember distributions being forced to use systemd due to software dependencies and ensuing debacles. I think this might be classified as extend and extinguish.