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Re: Bug#727708: Fsck SystemD and its developers and its users. GR to override this please.



On 02/12/2014 11:28 AM, Oleg wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 03:47:59PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>> systemd is used as the default init system in:
>>
>> - Fedora
>> - Arch Linux
>> - Mageia
>> - openSUSE
>> - SLES (upcoming)
>> - RHEL7
>> - Frugalware
>> - (see Wikipedia)
> 
>   And what is this prove? That a small part of a distro dev team choose to use
> a systemd? Where are votes of all distro users?

Those are among the most important distributions which attract most
users and developers. So, it does prove that systemd has already
a large market share.

>> Plus companies like Intel and BMW are using it in their embedded platforms.
> 
> Plus many other companies that doesn't use it. And how embedded platforms belong
> to desktops and servers?

The point is that multi-billion dollar companies invest money into the
development of systemd and therefore support and push it which will
mean everyone else who uses it profits from that.

>> What I don't get is why are those people trying to push Debian's decision when they are primarily using a different platform. But I guess it's pure politics and trying to push their own projects.
> 
>   I'm using debian and i don't want to use systemd in any form (with gnome3, 
> etc).

That's ok, you don't have to use it. Yet, we have chosen it to be the
default and you should accept that.

Thanks!

Adrian

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