> Obviously, no self respecting FOSSer is going to sabotage alternatives actively,

is that so? i do not have the same impression. everything is now built depending on systemd. i worry about that sometimes, though i also prefer systemd..

therefore i have hope for initware which/who want to export some of the stuff to other systems.

also i worked with environments (embedded and also router "things"), where systemd is indeed overblown... but that are nisches. i just hope we do not overcomplicate things for the nisches.. 80% or more (but less then 96%) profit from systemd.

back then unix and opensource managed all the cases, today it looks like it only manages the maincases..