<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.slideshare.net&#x2F;iXsystems&#x2F;jordan-hubbard-free-bsd-the-next-10-years" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.slideshare.net&#x2F;iXsystems&#x2F;jordan-hubbard-free-bsd-...</a>, slides 32 and 33:<p>&quot;etc&#x2F;rc.d is quite sophisticated for what it does, but the paint on &#x2F;etc&#x2F;rc is obvious&quot;<p>&quot;Too many things need to know explicitly about dependencies&quot;<p>&quot;Even the Linux die-hards have essentially grasped the necessity of systemd&quot;<p>Talk is by Jordan Hubbard, FreeBSD co-founder (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Jordan_Hubbard" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Jordan_Hubbard</a>)<p>Discussion at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=8645188" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=8645188</a>, video at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Mri66Uz6-8Y" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Mri66Uz6-8Y</a> (49 minutes)