It's more like doing Linux services the UNIX(TM) way since it's more similar to other UNIX service managers like SMF from Solaris or SRC from AIX in the integra

It's more like doing Linux services the UNIX(TM) way since it's more similar to other UNIX service managers like SMF from Solaris or SRC from AIX in the integration -- NT's service manager requires an active event loop which responds to messages. As an aside, the reason I don't like systemd is because it's inferior to its UNIX counterparts -- especially SMF -- for system management.