On 08/10/14 02:18 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Marcelo Ricardo Leitner wrote:
On 08-10-2014 14:36, Les Mikesell wrote:
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Robert Arkiletian robark@gmail.com wrote:
Just a heads up to those who haven't seen this yet. The main author of systemd publicly wrote about being basically persecuted.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+LennartPoetteringTheOneAndOnly/posts/J2TZrTvu7v...
But oddly, he didn't even mention that there would be a real simple solution - just add backwards-compatible improvements instead of actively wrecking the interfaces everyone else had depended on for decades.
"decades". That, by itself, already calls for an update, no?
Why? Do you ride a bicycle differently, or drive differently, than you did say, 20 years ago? You went out and bought a recumbent, or an electric car?
Airbags, ABS, Traction Control, ACE compatibility, stronger survival space, better fuel economy, more comfortable...
There was much wailing a gnashing of teeth from "purists" when these things came in. "But it's not really driving!" some would say. "It lets people be lazy!" others would say. Many of those people still drive old cars, such is their choice.
Today, overall, the roads are much safer. Change is good.