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Re:The bad side of systemd: two recent systemd failures by jethro_tell on Friday December 12, 2014 @02:38PM (#8742231)
> Not everyone who drives is a mechanic, etc.

If you car requires more knowledge to maintain than you have, you can get a different car, pay someone to maintain it or get a bike. Those are the only options I see. I don't see how init is any different than a car. You have those same options. I'm sure someone somewhere is paying RH or canonical or in house devs/admins to maintain init scripts for their application stacks.

Re:The bad side of systemd: two recent systemd failures by cthalupa on Friday December 12, 2014 @04:11PM (#8742710)
I hesitated to make the analogy because I expected a response like this, stretching the analogy too far.

It isn't a matter of managing init scripts - that's easy. Continually updating a distro to use your init system of choice is a wholly different matter. I can change the oil in my car. I can't replace the transmission.