Why does Linux crash as rarely as airplanes crash? Because linux and
airplanes go through a similar post-design review process. In the
aircraft industry, a group of engineers who did not do the design go
through all of the design documentation and look for mistakes, things that
got overlooked, assumptions that aren't warranted, etc. Any problems they
find are fixed, at least in theory. In the open source movement, any
program is inspected by users who do the same thing. Any problems they
find are fixed, also at least in theory. The problems are public
knowlege. In both industries, the ideal is not always attained, but at
least there is an ideal to shoot for.
There is another reason why linux is so reliable. The Kernel of any
operating system is the final authority over what happens on that machine.
If the kernel is too large, then it becomes unreliable, which is true for
On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Nicholas Bodley wrote:
>
> Try this: Computer crashes should be as rare as airplane crashes;
> anything less is unprofessional. Expand on that. Undo the
> brainwashing. Slashdot archives? (Probably really time-consuming.)
>
> (Yes, I can be concise!)
>
> Nicholas Bodley * Waltham, Mass. |*| Posted from world.std.com
> 'Twas the night before Xmas, and all through the coffeehouse,
> not a creature was stirring. // .sig is in alpha stage...
>
>
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