yeah.
Ubuntu started projects used to get adopted, as time went on, they went more off the walls, and their projects became tainted.
The Mir thing is really upsetting to me as a user, because Wayland has demonstrated the ability to take feedback and adapt, making the whole split seem like lies.
Wayland really seems like a smartly run project handled very well, that seems to be a huge mistake.
Even if in principal I like the idea of Android drivers working, I think Wayland has been working on that too though.
Upstart vs Systemd I have no specific opinion of (though systemd I think addresses a security risk designed into upstart), but at this point upstart is done, everyone else has chosen, even those that initially used upstart (Fedora).
They need to take credit (even false) for spreading ideas (upstart, actually using wayland, experimenting with what it can and cannot do), and use what gets settled on, unless there truly is something missing.