> Leaving aside the technical issues the launch of systemd 'looks' very much like a playbook PR campaign designed to push through something unpopular.
> The discrediting debates, labeling near abuse and mockery of opponents, appeals to authority and exaggerated consensus do not look accidental. This has all the markings of a sophisticated campaign.
Sophisticated? That's pretty laughable. To most outside observers this looks like monkeys flinging poo.
In addition, you make a serious error in your assumptions:
Popular != technically correct
Unpopular != technically incorrect
RedHat did not just magically have an epiphany and decide to shove systemd down on everybody. They started by using "upstart". Remember how everybody went apeshit over that? Sounds a whole lot like the current debate doesn't it? After using upstart for a while, folks at RedHat decided that wasn't sufficient and they needed a replacement for that.
People seem to think that just magically RedHat decided to rip things up for no reason at all. That's patently false--RedHat has some issues that need to be solved and systemd solves those. If you want to beat systemd, you're going to have to give RedHat something which works better.
After their experience with upstart, it's no surprise that RedHat just decided to ignore the community. It was clear that a solution was never going to be accepted.
> The discrediting debates, labeling near abuse and mockery of opponents, appeals to authority and exaggerated consensus do not look accidental. This has all the markings of a sophisticated campaign.
Sophisticated? That's pretty laughable. To most outside observers this looks like monkeys flinging poo.
In addition, you make a serious error in your assumptions:
Popular != technically correct Unpopular != technically incorrect
RedHat did not just magically have an epiphany and decide to shove systemd down on everybody. They started by using "upstart". Remember how everybody went apeshit over that? Sounds a whole lot like the current debate doesn't it? After using upstart for a while, folks at RedHat decided that wasn't sufficient and they needed a replacement for that.
People seem to think that just magically RedHat decided to rip things up for no reason at all. That's patently false--RedHat has some issues that need to be solved and systemd solves those. If you want to beat systemd, you're going to have to give RedHat something which works better.
After their experience with upstart, it's no surprise that RedHat just decided to ignore the community. It was clear that a solution was never going to be accepted.