Marko Ranđelović via Dng - 21.06.26, 10:12:26 CEST:
> On 6/20/26 11:42, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > Why not putting a complete desktop environment into Systemd?> > Oh and
> > then merge the Linux kernel together with Systemd.> > Why
> not just one large big binary blob with everything included?> > The
> great SystemdLinux blob.
> Nothing strange. Notice the name 'system 500', not 'system 500 init'. It
> was obvious from the beginning what they wanted to do.

AFAIR initially Lennart wrote Systemd would be an init system replacement
– not the later system building blocks thing. If my memory is accurate,
then while it might have been clear to him that it would be much more, his
communication was not quite so accurate and complete.

However his blog website appears to be gone and I am not even sure it was
on the blog. Might still be researchable, probably with the help of the
Internet Archive, but not feeling like spending the time to do that ATM.

What I clearly remember is: As I compared Systemd strategy with the
Embrace, Extend, Extinguish (EEE) from Microsoft he asked me to stop being
a d*ck. Well I wrote this comparison on their Systemd development mailing
list back then. But I still think what I wrote back then has been on
point, quite exactly so.

Best,
--
Martin