The answer is simple -- Linux can achieve this through configuration, not by splitting it in two. There's no reason for major surgery when simple configuration choices can achieve the same thing.
We all know how well it went for Microsoft when they split Windows desktop from Windows RT while pretending they were one and the same.
Also removing systemd would only create more headaches for developers. For the packages that are common to desktop and server they would have to support two init systems.
My conclusion is this guy has no clue what he's talking about.
Managing "hundreds and hundreds" of dependencies is a simple task with simple build scripts. You have a much bigger problem if you're doing things like this manually. If you want a fine-tuned server version of your distro, chances are it's out there already anyway.
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My conclusion is this guy has no clue what he's talking about.