>Still can't understand why so much stuff about systemd seems to allude
>to it being started as a personal project by LP & KS. Is that actually
>the case, or was it initiated and paid for by RH (as I suspect) ?

From what I've read, systemd began as kind of hobby, a side project,
and wasn't sponsored initially by RH. These chaps work in the
RH's "Desktop department," thus they have less(?) ideas on how
this piece of software is going to work on what we call "traditional"
use of GNU/Linux.

What I find ridiculous is this statement:
"Our objectives: [...] Unifying pointless differences between distributions [...]"

>The other thing I have long wondered is why Mr Torvalds is so quiet on
>systemd. I guess the answer is if he stands up and shouts too much he
>gets branded as a bad boy, intransigent, hampering progress et al,
>thereby giving RH the justification to dump his kernel in favour of systemd.
>Interesting times ahead methinks....

I reckon as long as his Fedora boots, he doesn't care. Sometimes it doesn't [1],
and rants start; he refused to receive the code from Kay.

[1]: http://www.networkworld.com/article/2175826/software/linus-torvalds-suspends-key-linux-developer.html


Mitt