I think I classify this article as link bait and leave it at that. Comparing one installation of Windows 8 with One installation of Ubuntu and using that to extrapolate an outcome is seriously tenuous at best. Throwing in the whole well if people compare desktops to servers thing is just well wrong. I am pretty sure I can tell the difference. IMHO my beta RC build of Ubuntu is more stable than my fully up to date Windows build. Admittedly if I ran Windows on it's own without installing a damn thing in Safe mode I'd bet it might have some pretty impressive up-times. So not the point.
On 9 September 2013 19:06, James S. K. Makumbi <[email protected]> wrote: > John D Cook had this to say. > > “When people compare the stability of Linux and Windows, they may be biased > a couple ways. First, Linux is more often deployed on servers and Windows > more often on desktops. So they may unintentionally be comparing Linux > servers to Windows desktops. Second, they may be thinking that Linux users’ > computers are more stable than Windows users’ computers, which is probably > true. Linux users typically know more about computers than Windows users. > They are more able to avoid problems and more able to fix them when they > occur.” > > > > See full blog post on > http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2013/08/26/comparing-windows-and-linux-stability/ > > > > My question is are Linux users less IT savvy? Is Linux now more “mass > market” (as in unwashed luddite masses)? In my day you had to know what > stuff (tcpip, network interface, port number) meant before you used Linux as > opposed to windows. > > > > > > Sincerely > > > > James S. K. Makumbi > > 0790834364 > > 0712780817 > > Billable Ltd > > http://www.coderbits.com/jmakumbi > > http://ug.linkedin.com/in/jmakumbi > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. -- Simon Vass _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
