Quantity over quality is the new motto of "open source everything"

Folks, this is not getting ridiculous anymore - this is ludicrous. Your users do not need or want a new major version of the OS every year which you are pumping out. The users need quality and stability over all.

Once in your lifetime, stop and look at Microsoft. They are anything but stupid. Microsoft releases a new major version of their OS once every 3-5 years and drops support after about 5-7 years at least. It matters not how smug you think of Microsoft - they are protecting the clients investments into IT, while you are NOT.

All mainstream Linux distributors pump out 1-2 major versions a year. We are on 25th Fedora over the past 10-12 years or so. We are on Ubuntu 16. FreeBSD accelerated their releases and pumping out more than 1 major release a year. Even ZeroShell router OS published a few quick half-baked versions between 3.0 and 3.7 at the speed of light while the users kept reporting complete show-stopper problems with each release which never got addressed. The speed at which you drop support due to "end of life" is horrifying! Most of the time this means a complete freeze on the updates and even removal of them from the update servers, as if extra few GB cost is of paramount importance these days.

"Open source" has become the opposite of its intended and pronounced goal: to develop quality alternative to the paid software products. Quality is simply not there anymore.

Posted by: LinuxLies at 01:16 PM | No Comments | Add Comment
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