Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 20th May 2009 20:59 UTC
When Dell announced a shift in its Linux strategy last week, accompanied by a new netbook, many wondered why Dell insisted on pre-loading Ubuntu 8.04, instead of newer versions of the popular Linux distribution such as 8.10 or 9.04. BetaNews contacted Dell about it, and Dell replied explaining their rationale behind opting for 8.04.
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Member since:2006-05-06
Member since:2009-01-27
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.
Member since:2009-05-22
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.