Is this an April Fool joke running early ? (Systemd to fork the kernel)

[Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org>]

http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20150330#community

Or is it serious ?
 
Cheers,
 
Ron.
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       than the blockhead who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story
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