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It is reducing the number of supported configurations that need to be tested, which reduces the cost of shipping software updates. It seems to go hand in hand w
by rgovostes 6y ago
It is reducing the number of supported configurations that need to be tested, which reduces the cost of shipping software updates. It seems to go hand in hand with making the root filesystem read-only. Users tend to be happy when their system is reliable.
Perhaps this is incrementally progressing towards constant security updates like Chrome has had for some time.
- amelius 6y ago> Users tend to be happy when their system is reliable. Reliability is only one axis. Focus too much on one aspect, and increasingly fewer people will be happy.
- bredren 6y agoSecurity is another. If the last week has been any indicator, this property of software product value is very hard to provide and its value greatly underestimated.