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[News] Ubuntu Could Complete 10 Releases While Microsoft Completes One

  • Subject: [News] Ubuntu Could Complete 10 Releases While Microsoft Completes One
  • From: "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: 25 Oct 2006 22:43:28 -0700
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Subject line says it all. Ubuntu's release cycle is 6 months.

The previous and latest Windows releases will be more than 5 years
apart. The new version will introduce very little.

http://tinyurl.com/y6o6o3

	(ms.com, October 25th, 2001 -- yesterday!)

This proves that Open Source strides more quickly owing to modularity,
genuine motivation, etc. Here is a screenshot of KDE back in 2001 (XP
date parity):

http://www.kde.org/screenshots/kde2shots3.php

Admire the fast progress towards Compix/XGL, among other things.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lawkc3jH3ws


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