Looking at it, I think systemd is actually an improvement, a bit over engineered perhaps but hey, it's basically System V init, the version 21st century version. So that doesn't count.
Interesting thread, and shows how well thought out the linux file system has become, doesn't it? Especially
http://lwn.net/Articles/430887/
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