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I get that the real purpose of invoking "embrace, extend, extinguish" is to suggest shadiness and self-interested motives. Which, sure, you're allowed to sugges
by oconnor663 3y ago
I get that the real purpose of invoking "embrace, extend, extinguish" is to suggest shadiness and self-interested motives. Which, sure, you're allowed to suggest that. Maybe you're right, who knows.
But actually taking those words at face value...in what sense could systemd be described as "embracing" or "extending" any init system that came before it? Wasn't it always a from-the-ground-up different thing?
- shrubble 3y agoIs systemd solely an init system? Did it extend its scope far beyond that?
- nerdponx 3y agoIt's been openly and deliberately much more than an init system for the decade or so that I've been using Linux.
- shrubble 3y agoMyself I first installed Linux in 1994, and there are many people on HN that were using it and other Unix systems well before that. It might be that the time of "when you started using Linux" plays into views of systemd ...