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That bug is from 2002. Do you really think it's a solid reason to not host business-critical things on Windows in 2018?
by nikanj 8y ago
That bug is from 2002. Do you really think it's a solid reason to not host business-critical things on Windows in 2018?
- mmt 8y agoIf mainframe reliability is what it is purported to be, then, for someone making this choice as an alternative to a mainframe, especially if they've been on it for decades already, it's a very solid reason. It is, of course, only a proxy for the real reason, which is the engineering culture that led to the bug and/or reliability. If there's better evidence that Microsoft has drastically changed its engineering culture in favor of reliability and/or IBM has done the converse [1], it could easily trump this proxy evidence. [1] for example, if they've included the OS developers in the layoffs they've been in the news for
- ralphc 8y agoThat bug, no. The latest bugs that Windows no doubt has, yes.