I believe you are right in the sense that if you create software for the Sun platform, you also have stability in mind when creating the software. This is unfortunately not the case for Windows.
On Linux, stability is often not in the mind by the programmers, but having a distributor deliver all the software, and preventing ordinary users from installing software in the program section (/usr), this makes most third party software very selfcontained, often runs directly from just one directory and it does not install shared files when installed. This makes Linux solutions very stable, too, although now as stable as Solaris, HP Unix or AIX. If, however, you know to choose which programs to run, you can make it extremely stable.
The basic stability problem with Windows is that users install advanced software themselves. Again an example of the small difference between a bug and a feature, since this is also the main benefit of Windows.
Personally, I believe that the future belongs to systems where the end-user doesn't install advanced software, like Sony Playstation, X-box, webpads and PDAs, and computers preinstalled with Linux. You can install software on most of these, but you don't need to.
Lars. |
