[astrodust]

A) Yes I have had to write init scripts for production servers, and I've had to write whatever the hell they were before we had sysvinit. It wasn't always pleasant. There were times when you'd just edit things like /etc/rc.d/network and hack in some more commands.

B) I'm talking specifically about systemd init files, or whatever they're called. Given that they initialize things, that they replace conventional init files, the term applies.