Sure, but it is easy to keep essentially simple things simple; accidental complexity is unforgivable in this case. Systems that are inherently complex tend to

Sure, but it is easy to keep essentially simple things simple; accidental complexity is unforgivable in this case. Systems that are inherently complex tend to naturally accrue accidental complexity. It's understandably hard to keep these systems lean. My point is that modern boot systems in general fall into the second category, contrary to other comments that imply the first.