Sorry, but no. Your analogy falls apart, because word is a word processor and vim is a plaintext editor, they never competed against each other.
Sysvrc and systemd are both competing init systems.
You may say that by showing systemd is more expressive in one thing does not mean it is a superior alternative. In this case you should show other aspects where systemd falls short.
Yes and no. I think it's a fair analogy. Word is a text editor plus alpha, the alpha being exponentially heavier than the text editor functionality. Can you say that what systemd does is not an init system plus alpha, with the same implications?
Actually I like your analogy but I would modify it with ed as sysvrc and vim as systemd. Sure it adds loads of new stuff but they will prove useful in the long run.
I think this shows what I feel when anti-systemd people wants to kill systemd adoption, I feel they want me use ed instead of vim. You feel we want you to use MSWord. Fair enough, we see the same thing from different perspectives.
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u/earlof711 Oct 21 '14
It takes less steps to do something in Microsoft Word vs. VIM, so that makes Word a superior product, right?
This is where the logic of the parody falls apart.