Warning - FreeBSD (*BSD) entanglement in Linux ecosystem

[Jamie Paul Griffin]

[ Michel Talon wrote on Wed 22.Aug'12 at 12:29:56 +0200 ]

> 
> David Jackson said:
 
> > In reference to the claims that systemd developers "do not care about
> > portability", this is deceptive and misleading.
 
> You should read the following interview of Lennart Poettering
> http://linuxfr.org/nodes/86687/comments/1249943
> The amount of hubris and self confidence he deploys is really
> astounding. I will just quote two extracts:
 
> " LinuxFr.org : Systemd use a lot of Linux only technologies (cgroups,
> udev, fanotify, timerfd, signalfd, etc). Do you really think the Linux
> API has been taking the role of the POSIX API and the other systems are
> irrelevant ?
 
> Lennart : Yes, I don't think BSD is really too relevant anymore, and I
> think that this implied requirement for compatibility with those systems
> when somebody hacks software for the free desktop or ecosystem is a
> burden, and holds us back for little benefit.  "

This guy seems to be a real moron. What a ridiculous statement to make.