Comment Re:I think it is a good idea not to update quickly (Score 1) 297
Believe me, if you are responsible for you corporate Oracle database, file server and mail server "stable" sounds very good and "unstable" sounds like a ticket to the unemployment office. For important server stability is it and honestly, what has changed since 2002 that will make your Oracle database better? Nothing.
Everyone pans Debian stable for being so old but in the real world it isn't at all. Windows Server 2003 is not all that much newer and it is just now starting to be a presence in server rooms. I see a lot of Windows 2000 and AIX 4.3 servers both of which are much older than Debian 3.0. Sys admins live for things that are stable and hate upgrading their systems.
Everyone pans Debian stable for being so old but in the real world it isn't at all. Windows Server 2003 is not all that much newer and it is just now starting to be a presence in server rooms. I see a lot of Windows 2000 and AIX 4.3 servers both of which are much older than Debian 3.0. Sys admins live for things that are stable and hate upgrading their systems.
