But the point is that Linux and Unix isn't a modern operating system. It's ancient, and built upon decades and decades of work by hundreds of thousands of developers. You can't just decide to break norms handed down through the decades.
And I don't think anyone really had a problem with the old default of letting things run. Worse is better, after all. Pursuit of a perfect system will just make things too complicated, too brittle, and too obtuse.
I like Unix because it doesn't try to solve every problem. It's a libertarian operating system, if you will. Sometimes this causes problems, sure, but if the system is simple and liberal, you can always fix them without much effort.
And I don't think anyone really had a problem with the old default of letting things run. Worse is better, after all. Pursuit of a perfect system will just make things too complicated, too brittle, and too obtuse.
I like Unix because it doesn't try to solve every problem. It's a libertarian operating system, if you will. Sometimes this causes problems, sure, but if the system is simple and liberal, you can always fix them without much effort.