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Confusious Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 10:24 PM
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57. If there are no upgrades
Edited on Tue Aug-02-11 10:29 PM by Confusious
Then it would become obsolete in 6 months or less. Look at what came out in the last 5 years. The last two for that matter.

Seriously, there are flaws in Linux. Security holes. Nobody gets paid there, some people make money, but most just do it for the fun. Are you saying they want the security holes?

There are tradeoffs. The more things you want something to do, the less reliable it becomes. How reliable is a metal fork after 10 years of use? how often do you have to repair it? how reliable is a car? how often do you have to repair it?
how about a jet? how often do you have to repair it? how about a space shuttle? how often do you have to repair it?

I could make a secure operating system. It would boot up, and then have a button to shut down. it would do nothing else. Not really useful.
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