[throwawaymanbot]

I hate to point out that LOTS of Linux Distros did not and do not have Red Hats finances. People have been contributing to it for nearly 20 years just fine.

Not sure how you could even think that people need Red Hats finances to create something in linux that actually functions, and is worthwhile.

[digi_owl]

True for initial implementation of individual components. But RH employ developers that can sit full time and churn the interfaces (not necessarily nefariously) between the components such that only their components stay in sync.

[throwawaymanbot]

What systemD has turned in to, is FAR out of scope, for what RH probably gave encouragement for. This will boomerang back some day.