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What industry secret are you aware of that most people aren't? (programming.dev)

submitted 4 months ago by protein@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 26 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Systemd was built by a guy who wanted to work at Microsoft with the help of someone berated more than once for an inability to work with others and generate decent kernel code. These are your gods

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago

No wonder systemd is basically implementing all the kernel functionality.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I didn't know that, but I'm not exactly shocked to hear it.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 2 points 4 months ago

I KNEW IT