"Stop claiming that each version of Linux is an evolutionary improvement on the previous version. The computing populace has been trained to believe that throwing out a design because of serious flaws, and starting over with a 'complete re-write' that turns into a new version, makes the software even more desirable.
"Don't worry, the end-users won't catch on, even when 'fixed' bugs resurface with exactly the same symptoms in the 'new' software.
"Sell a really flaky distribution of Linux. Follow it several months later with a new version and claim that it is 20 times as reliable as the previous version. Market it as being a huge improvement, and forget it was junk to begin with..."