> If you believe the root of the problem is Unix being flawed, you should be ready to suggest a system design that isn't.

One of my professors at uni is an old-skool OS developer (now retired) who happens to like Solaris. When I ask him about the problems with initd, all I get is a bunch of handwaving. He is unable to give me a single reason why initd is better than launchd, other than something along the lines of, "it's missing the magic".

The problem is that the *nix of today evolved that way. Normally I'd applaud that, but now there's cruft in there that's several decades old. Even parts that were there in the initial design could use replacement, but they're still there because of inertia (the same reason the linux fanatics always gripe that Windows is still here).

When better solutions comes along, what happens? They're ignored due to dogma and familiarity.