FreeBSD Release Question

[Vulpes Velox]

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:20:40 EDT
TM4525 at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 10/9/04 6:25:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> wmoran at potentialtech.com writes:
> >> 1. By Sep 2005, do you think 5.x performance will be optimized
> >and be > comparable to today's 4.x stable versions ?
> 
> >5.3 is supposed to be stable, and it's expected to be on part with
> >4.x
> performance, and it's supposed to release before the end of the
> month.
> 
> >>From what I've seen and heard, it looks like all that is going to
> happen.
> 
> >> 2. By Sep 2005, do you think 5.x will be as stable as today's 4.x
> >
> >> released versions ?
> 
> >Yes.
> I hope you're not betting your business on these questions, because
> the reality is that 1) they're not very good questions and 2) the
> people who are answering them can't really know the answers.
> "stable" requires time, and since 5.2.1 and 5.3 are substantially
> different, I can't see how one can predict the level of stability a
> year from now. 

Following this logic any thing can be claimed to not be stable.