[ I know I'm now going to hear from "select people" that I'm "flaunting my resume" again. Sigh. ]
Actually in this context this information is useful. And tone matters too, remember. This has been a good thread, IMHO.
It should be noted that Red Hat does not have inter-service dependency checking, unlike SuSE and others -- which can be a major issue. Red Hat is actually developing a next-gen service initialization engine, much like Solaris already has, while still being LSB/legacy SysVinit compatible.
That's interesting. I used SuSE for like 3 years. It always "felt" well organized with respect to configuration scripts, but I wasn't sure if that was me just being naive or what? I'm not systems guru, so I wasn't sure. It just felt better. The last few RHEL releases, though, have been very good in this respect.
I'm sure I'm getting on the nerves of many. That's why it's probably best I discuss these things off-list, even if some value the information I can provide (they are typically the minority).
Why do you always have to do this? Make it personal. No one is out to get you. There's no witch hunt. I think this thread has been very productive and interesting, personally. You're not getting on my nerves right now. This conversation has been very instructive and interesting to me.
Preston