Linux losing stability?

[Bob Elzer]

Not to mention this, but what is he comparing the stability to ?   Windows ?

If he's saying people won't use linux because of stability issues, then why
are people using windows ?

Talk about stability issues.
 

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Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 11:41 PM
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Subject: Re: Linux losing stability?

On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 21:38 -0700, Dazed_75 wrote:
> On the other hand, I tend to agree with most of what he says taken 
> literally.  IOW, it is NOT Linux that lacks stability (I think the 
> title was intended to provoke).  And while it would be ideal if the 
> ever changing AND improving desktop experience is hugely beneficial, 
> the missed details do not help us gain mass acceptance.

The desktop market that Linux is entering into is definitely not stable.
Many packages on the desktop platform are in the 0.x.x phase, meaning they
are not full production releases (take compiz for example). So, compiz is a
3D desktop and people think "AWESOME!". And it's really cool...when it
works. BUT, it is not stable. Many pieces of software designed to enhance
the user experience are very much in beta phases but are included in full
releases. 

Linux is being hurt by this because people will come to know it as unstable,
which could bleed over to the server market. Look at XSane in Ubuntu
8.04...release version is 0.995. However, works great for me. But does it
work great for thousands of others? Why is it not full production release
yet after it's been in development for over a decade now?

Then you got people "jumping the gun" on production releases, such as the
network manager problem people have quoted. We're at 7.x and it's still not
stable? 

But there's another argument that is all too good. You didn't pay for a
Linux distro...you paid for others, and the stability is equal. So, when you
take all that into account, you're not *paying to be a beta tester* with
Linux distros. And that's the key difference. But that excuse will only last
for so long. Remember, Linux has a huge shortcoming on the
Desktop: Gaming. Until gaming is embraced in Linux, the home user is out of
reach. (Although I do remember seeing an advertisement for a Diablo-like
game that is coming out soon. Forgot what that was.)  

That's my take on the whole thing. The author is right..there is
instability. But the author didn't take into account that even on the
desktop, Linux is just as stable as Windows and Mac. The same problems
plague them all. 

And I didn't bring viruses into the discussion yet for a reason. :)


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