“My lab network runs on Linux, and has for almost a decade now.
I need to test and support a variety of technologies, and Linux is
the natural choice for that kind of scenario, given that it usually
has the broadest base of infrastructure-oriented applications, and
the most bleeding-edge features.“This doesn’t mean that I savor instability, however. Indeed, a
big part of my work depends on having an environment that is stable
enough to facilitate rapid deployment of test systems and services,
and reproducible testing…”