Re: “KDE For Windows 10 Exiles” Campaign

On 6/6/25 12:30 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 23:08:28 -0700, T wrote:
 

These customers have older revisions.  And often times they are on the
latest OS and are pissed that their old stuff stopped working properly.

 Would you entrust mission-critical business operations to obsolete,
unsupported software?

Yes and no.  If the obsolete software runs your
mission-critical perfectly, then yes.  Freeze
everything.
This is the objective behind Red Had Enterprise
Linux.  Freeze old versions of Fedora.  Bugs and
all.  If the bugs do not affect you, all is good.
You essentially turn your computer into an "appliance".
Do not add things to it or upgrade it, ever.
On the other hand, if you are in a Kaisen situation,
you want the more recent stuff.  Fedora is
a good example of next to bleeding edge.  (Arch
is bleeding edge and not for the faint of heart.)
I adore Fedora.  Fedora's tester do a damned good job.
hardly anything escapes them. They are not perfect
though.  Next to perfect.
A really bad example is M$'s horrific updates.  You
have a "supported" operating system that is constantly
breaking things.  One customer told me that M$'s updates
have done more damage to his business than any virus
ever has.
I also do Payment Card Industry (PCI) consulting.
You are required to have a "supported" operating
system.  And Point-of-Sale software is foolishly
(I cleaned up the swear word) written on Windows.
So every M$ update is a very stressful experience, not
to mention the down time they take.
So, pick your poison.  The answer depends on your
situation.  I would refuse to fly in a space craft
run on Windows, support or not.