Frank

Alias wrote:

> 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.
>
> Alias

If you're a business (a real business) you're not using a toy os like linux.
Period!
Frank