It's not the same thing, IMO. People aren't slamming Linux+systemd for unifying their team (I've not even seen the harshest systemd critics mention this even in passing). They aren't upset because of the greater "conceptual unity", either. They are upset because it's breaking faith with "the unix way" (creating a giant all-consuming mega-daemon with equally heinous binary opaque supporting-crap ala journald) and going their own way (a hard right toward Bloatville with a couple of stops near Lake Clueless if you ask me), and they are, in the opinion of many, being jerks with the implementation of their planned schism. -Swift