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From: paul.winalski@gmail.com (Paul Winalski)
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 13:48:02 -0400
Subject: [TUHS] daemons are not to be exorcised
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On 3/19/18, A. P. Garcia <a.phillip.garcia at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've noticed that
> more recent implementations of init have shunned the traditional
> terminology in favor of the more prosaic word "services". For example,
> Solaris now has SMF, the Service Management Facility, and systemd, the
> linux replacement for init, has services as well. It makes me a little sad,
> because it feels like some of the imaginativeness, fancifulness, and
> playfulness that imbue the Unix spirit are being lost.
>
The term "daemon" doesn't go down very well with some Christians.  I
know of hackers wearing clothing depicting the BSD daemon being
hassled in Texas and other places in the deep South.  Replacing
"daemons" with "services" is probably a concession to the fundies.  I
agree it's rather sad.

-Paul W.