The only time in my life I've ever been envious of syslog was when I had to build an aggregator/event correlator for a bunch of telco equipment that only talked

The only time in my life I've ever been envious of syslog was when I had to build an aggregator/event correlator for a bunch of telco equipment that only talked TL1. Pretty much any other time I've had to work with it, I've wished for something better, so I, for one, am very happy by the thought of people starting to "go out of their way to avoid syslog".