@joel @gnuplusmatt formally, the whole issue is FOSS offtopic, which causes additional incentives for shifting from our specific IT geek slang, which doesn't contain that much obscenity and is generally family friendly. I would not abuse that word in context of sensitive tech topics like #systemd or #poettering (but that's just because for those situations I have different ones 😂 )

RT @bpaskal: I nie raz gościł znamienitych gości, m. in. na zaproszenie @GrzybAndrzej, u progu akcesji Polski do UE, dr Hans-Gert #Poettering'a ?t=FVFo6OyLXG3P7vjCXLkg5A&s=19

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GrzybAndrzej/status/1650124697013452800

@debacle @zakiuem @disabled @gamercat @ubuntu #Devuan is just a #hategrooming bubble against #Poettering.
#systemd is just their pretext to do so.

I just think that Devuan is an utter waste if time and personnel hours.that could've been spent way better on making #Linux generally better...

Cuz I've yet to see anyone wanting #SystemVinit back.
Not even #Oracle / #Sun want it in #Solaris (#SMF) nor #Apple in #macOS (#LaunchD)...

Ich hab's doch immer geahnt - der #Poettering ist ein Maulwurf von #Microsoft, der #Linux zugrunde richten sollte:

https://www.heise.de/news/Linux-Groesse-Lennart-Poettering-wechselt-von-Red-Hat-zu-Microsoft-7165551.html

WTF? :mastodon_oops:  #Lennart #Poettering #systemd #microsoft
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Systemd-Creator-Microsoft

Considering that most major #linux distros (corporate or not) are #Microsoft's direct competitors in the server market; does that not make it more than a little awkward that #Poettering is going to be both a Microsoft employee and the chief developer on #systemd ?

I know Microsoft is no stranger to hiring existing FLOSS devs. But systemd is a pretty major bit of system level middleware that is ever absorbing more of the linux stack, right?

Oh je. Jetzt kommt es ja ganz dicke. Die News geben Veranlassung "Microsoft", "Systemd" und "Poettering" in einem Post zu nennen.

Aber Vllt beruhigen wir uns alle erst einmal.

1) Was ist daran unmittelbar so schlimm?
2) Microsoft macht nicht nur Windows
3) Schön für ihn - die scheinen extrem gut zu zahlen oder anderweitig gute Konditionen zu bieten
4) ist das nicht ein Zeichen, dass Linux noch mehr an Bedeutung gewinnt? Selbst für MS?

#rotesTuch #microsoft #poettering #redhat #linux