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Crying “Wolf!” About Systemd is Only Beneficial to IBM and Systemd Developers/Pushers

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Summary: Microsoft controls Systemd only to the extent that Systemd is controlled by GitHub, which is in turn controlled by Microsoft; But Systemd has long been on that proprietary platform (its developers don't truly value software freedom) and this has long been a problem, even before Microsoft hijacked it for coercive power

THE position or stance we maintain/hold/have regarding IBM is negative enough already and it's based on hard facts, not gut feelings and/or speculations; so suffice to say we're Systemd sceptics. Even worse than sceptics since well before IBM bought Red Hat. For the same reasons we implored Red Hat's software patents for over a decade (IBM lobbies for such patents) and expressed concerns/reservations regarding Red Hat's monopolistic tendencies.

But having said that, there's a danger that everything negative being said about Systemd will be accepted as true, irrespective of underlying facts. Falsehoods or false claims won't help us. To make matters worse, they open up the possibility/ies of straw man arguments from people whom we criticise -- in the same way Bill Gates likes to pretend that all his critics are just envious "conspiracy theorists".

So anyway, cutting to the chase, judging by comments and articles in Phoronix (a site we support with growing caution), including this morning's headline that starts with "Systemd/Microsoft" (it's discussed in the video above), one might think that Systemd is some evil plot from Microsoft, but that's clearly not the case. However, this is where discussions seem to go or eventually gravitate towards.

"I'm a lot more concerned about full-time Microsoft staff managing Linus Torvalds at the Linux Foundation and Microsoft's Levin announcing all the stable kernel releases several weeks ago (when Greg K-H was on holiday/break... maybe ill)."I actually examined the claim more than a month ago (32 days ago) when I first saw it, but there was barely any smoke, let alone a fire. I'm a lot more concerned about full-time Microsoft staff managing Linus Torvalds at the Linux Foundation and Microsoft's Levin announcing all the stable kernel releases several weeks ago (when Greg K-H was on holiday/break... maybe ill). Torvalds should never be bossed by people who are in turn bossed by sociopaths from Microsoft. We need to put things in perspective and check whether we risk moving adrift (and away from the legitimate and most pressing issues).

This isn't limited to software by the way. To borrow one example, we've already witnessed EPO propaganda claiming that EPO critics (who condemn EPO management) are nationalists or Nazis or something totally insane. We even saw claims about "Russia" (as if Russia runs the world and is hiding behind every corner/under every rock).

Let's not walk into unsupported territories.

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