Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 1st Nov 2007 22:51 UTC, submitted by Earin
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The also tend to add features which have been well tested; take SMP for example. Sure, OpenBSD could go off, and fine-grain everything under the sun, but the net result could be a huge mountain of bugs being exposed due to these changes.
What I see in OpenBSD is a gradual move forward. Rather than add a tonne of features and sort out the issues later, things are improved gradually. Although I'd hate to use this as an example, Windows Vista is a prime example of a tonne of changes being crammed into a single release then rushing around like headless chickens afterwards trying to fix up thing as the wheels fall off.