>Who exactly was going to write the systemd alternative?
And that quote proves 100% what is wrong with Linux these days.
In the 90s, if someone posted in USENET they want init to do X, at least 2 different solutions would appear with in a week, probably many more.
That happened to me when I went from Coherent OS to Slackware in the early 90s. I asked if there was a way to have virtual consoles on my VGA monitor and my B&W Hercules monitor (386sx), or to have at least 1 VC on the Hercules. Coherent 486 supported that, Linux did not. A post appeared in a couple of days with a patch.
Now, between the Linux Foundation and the Companies that owns it, that would never happen. People who have gotten into Linux in the last 20 years cannot imagine how responsive the developers were to user requests back then.
Seems these days we are dealing with some corporate behemoth drowning in red tape.
And that quote proves 100% what is wrong with Linux these days.
In the 90s, if someone posted in USENET they want init to do X, at least 2 different solutions would appear with in a week, probably many more.
That happened to me when I went from Coherent OS to Slackware in the early 90s. I asked if there was a way to have virtual consoles on my VGA monitor and my B&W Hercules monitor (386sx), or to have at least 1 VC on the Hercules. Coherent 486 supported that, Linux did not. A post appeared in a couple of days with a patch.
Now, between the Linux Foundation and the Companies that owns it, that would never happen. People who have gotten into Linux in the last 20 years cannot imagine how responsive the developers were to user requests back then.
Seems these days we are dealing with some corporate behemoth drowning in red tape.