It's not very appealing to respond when you don't give any reasons. I work with making and maintaining Linux distributions for enterprise, and previously embedded, systems (including desktop). We commission open source work, buy 'support' from major vendors and upstream our own changes. I don't share your views and judging by the development in things like e.g. configuration management I don't think I'm alone.
> So which is it, I am fine if I want to run the newest, or if a do not need the newest? Your statement is a contradiction
I don't see the contradiction, maybe I didn't express myself very well. The problem is when you mix old and new software and distributions. As long as you run a single release (old or new) and all software is for that release you're fine. When you have to deal with many different versions of third party software, libraries, interpreters, shells, build systems etc. is when you run into problems. Just like in the case with "ExpensiveScannerManager95".
>>I don't share your views and judging by the development in things like e.g. configuration management I don't think I'm alone.
How does the development of Configuration Management tools for linux support any of your statements? I fail to see the connection. Linux has needed enterprise configuration management tools for awhile, it is one area where Windows is better as there are many many many many Configuration Management tools for Windows.
>>maybe I didn't express myself very well.
I think this is true, because I still do not understand
1. What you are really system
2. Why you believe windows is better at any of these things than linux
3. How it is relevant to what we are talking about.
Yes when you mix old and new things you may have problems, depending on the system. I however maintain you have LESS problems with linux than you do with Windows, having managed both systems in large enterprise environment, Windows is a finicky broken system that does not play well with anything.
I spend the majority of my time fixing broken shit on windows. The idea that Linux is worse is laughable
> So which is it, I am fine if I want to run the newest, or if a do not need the newest? Your statement is a contradiction
I don't see the contradiction, maybe I didn't express myself very well. The problem is when you mix old and new software and distributions. As long as you run a single release (old or new) and all software is for that release you're fine. When you have to deal with many different versions of third party software, libraries, interpreters, shells, build systems etc. is when you run into problems. Just like in the case with "ExpensiveScannerManager95".