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Chris, convenient your figure of 15 years goes back to a point when Linux was still relatively immature. Agree it hasn't reached the stability/maturity of Unix in many areas (but in others I think it has), but a Linux of 10 years ago maybe reached the point where it could stay in production for 15 years - I know of a few in that boat. Anyway, when it comes to stability IMO, I don't think Windows < Linux < Unix is much of a surprise statement.
I have linux boxen that have only been rebooted after a power outage or hardware failure, and uptime of a year are nothing surprising.
I think the point could be made that at some point, stable enough is stable enough.
Unfortunately, Windows ain't there yet.
Ubuntu is only slightly better.
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2007-07-27
Aren't there a lot of Linux people claiming that Ubuntu is more stable than Windows? Maybe it is. But compared to a real full grown Unix such as Solaris, AIX, etc Linux doesnt compare.