[SATLUG] OS Longevity

[Al Castanoli]

Bob Tracy wrote:

: dubose at texas.net wrote:
:> I thought you thoughts on Linux were"...10,000 programmers helping 
:> you shoot yourself in the foot."

: Software freedom includes the notion of being able to experience the
: negative consequences of self-inflicted wounds, complete with a peanut
: gallery to analyze every step taken on the path to ruin :-).  As we
: both can appreciate, those kinds of lessons are seldom forgotten...
: Besides, it really *is* better to have something happen as a result of
: true pilot error vs. OS vendor "largess".

As long as that pilot error doesn't include flying into cumulogranitus
[1].

[1] For the non-pilots on the list, cumulogranitus is a
    cloud type which appears to be innocent from the outside
    but is actually stuffed full of geography.

    This type of cloud can occur anywhere at any time
    and is poorly understood because of a lack of surviving
    investigators. It appears regularly in accident reports
    under the pseudonym CFIT, for "controlled flight into terrain".

Al Castanoli