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Re:Linux VS open source UNIX by kick on Monday November 04, 2019 @12:57PM (#21444307)
They didn't make their argument on choice, so your argument rings hollow:

Don't get me wrong, systemd actually adds a lot of needed functionality, but I really feel like it is a major philosophical branch away from the conventional Unix thinking of 'make a tool that does one thing really well'.

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Re:Linux VS open source UNIX by Enginerrrd on Monday November 04, 2019 @06:00PM (#21447614)
I don't understand. Can you elaborate?
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Re:Linux VS open source UNIX by kick on Monday November 04, 2019 @07:37PM (#21448418)
Your argument wasn't on choice, but on practicality: you weren't choosing something different because of the abstract value of choice.

The person replying to you had an argument based around choice: the practicality of the solution was ignored in favor of an abstract concept of choice, rather than practical benefit.

(I'm saying the person arguing with you was arguing against something you weren't arguing for.)

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