My favorite part of Solaris was hidden within initsvc file in /etc .. there you would find this this comment:

  #
  # Run inetd in "standalone" mode (-s flag) so that it doesn't have
  # to submit to the will of SAF.  Why did we ever let them change inetd?
  #
  /usr/sbin/inetd -s

I think of that poor soul who wrote that cynical, almost pleading comment often. Somehow they got it in past the peer review (or at least, the review(s) must have agreed enough to let their dirty laundry air out). Why? What did they change, and who is the "them" !? Will I ever know? And yet, I have a particular soft feeling for the commentator, because I know I've let my innermost thoughts and feelings leak out into my code sometimes. We're only human.