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Mike wrote:
> In article <lZmdncHHjvqqAQrbnZ2dnUVZ8vidnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> Stephan Rose <nospam@spammer.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Here is the release policy:
>>
>> LTS Releases are supported for 3 years (5 years server). All other releases
>> have 1 year support. When the current LTS expires, a new release is made
>> available with LTS support.
>>
>> What's so terribly difficult to understand about this?
>
> Nothing actually. What it means is Ubuntu is not something to run a
> business on. 3 years?!?! 1 year?!?! Wow, and people complain
> about the "MS upgrade treadmill"! MS is still supporting Windows 2000
> after 8 years and XP after 6 years.
>
> No business wants OS upgrades forced on them every 3 years in order to
> stay supported. If MS did that you would be screaming "monopoly"!
>
> Mike

Ubuntu upgrades are totally painless. If you're a business, you back up
your data. Installing a new version of Ubuntu is a nice walk in the park
compared to Windows which could be likened to taking a walk in South
Central LA at 3AM on a Sunday morning.

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