[systemd-devel] Inquiry about research paper

[Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek]

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 08:19:10PM +0900, Jaewon Choi wrote:
> Dear systemd Devs,
> 
> Hello, my name is Irvin Choi I am student from Dwight School Seoul, and I
> am writing a extended essay within IB (ibo.org) curriculum research paper
> about systemd, service manager for Linux/GNU operating system. There are
> few questions that I would like to ask to broaden my understanding
> regarding systemd, and I would like to kindly ask you to answer them to
> best of your ability.
> 
> It is very important for my research paper, as the research paper plays
> huge role in my high school curriculum and possibly my future. I would like
> to mention that, I may use your questions on the research paper for
> credibility purposes.

Dear Jaewon,

all your questions can be answered with a simple google / duckduckgo
/ whatever query. Please try that instead.

Zbyszek

> Here are the questions (please consider explaining your answers and avoid
> short answers):
> 
> 1) Who are you and what do you do for the community?
> 
> 2) What do you think of the systemd as a service manager? Do you have an
> opinion about its pros and cons?
> 
> 3) What do you think users of the distribution thinks about the systemd? Do
> you think they favor systemd? If not, why so?
> 
> 4) Through my research, I was able to see that there are existing service
> managers such as upstart, sysvinit, and others. Why did systemd become the
> standard over the others in most of the distributions? Was it worth the
> replacement of existing service manager that is seen to be reliable?
> 
> 5) What changes that do you think systemd should make to improve itself?
> For instance, ‘typing systemctl everytime is bothersome. Systemd should
> shorten it to sctl instead.)
> 
> 6) There are lots of Linux/GNU users across the world. To what users are
> systemd intended for? Do you think systemd is useful for the servers
> administrators, desktop users, laptop users, or others?
> 
> 7) I’ve heard that there are lots of debate about systemd and it really got
> heated at one point, involving personal opinions, politics, and others.
> What was the cause and how did it get resolved (if at all)?
> 
> 8) Is there anything else you would like to tell me about systemd?
> 
> Thank you very much time.. It means a lot for me, as I am really interested
> in Linux/GNU system, and this became the opportunity to broaden my
> understanding.
> 
> Have a great day.

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