On 10/08/2014 02:22 PM, Digimer wrote: > On 08/10/14 02:18 PM, m.roth at 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 at 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/J2TZrTvu7vd >>>> 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... But the basic operation staid the same - brake on left, gas on the right, gear shift lever, steering wheel, etc, etc. > 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. > -- Stephen Clark *NetWolves Managed Services, LLC.* Director of Technology Phone: 813-579-3200 Fax: 813-882-0209 Email: steve.clark at netwolves.com http://www.netwolves.com