22 Mar
2021
22 Mar
'21
8 p.m.
Tom Horsley writes:
On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 18:07:12 -0400 Sam Varshavchik wrote:
It seems to be trying to derive epoch time for the next start time, something along those lines.
More obviously it seems to be systemd re-implementing cron from scratch instead of just using the already working after decades of use cron itself.
Yup. This is an obvious vendor lock-in play. Replace widely-known technologies with new, arcane stuff whose full documentation is kept internal, and is leveraged as a value-added product.