Well, Linux development is done as a hobby basically because it is
fun.  So far, nobody has decided it was fun to sort out all the
archives and maintain them.

Remember, you get what you pay for.  Wrt Linux, I would say we get a

True.  Remember, this is experimental software--bugs are inevitable.
In addition, new features/faster features are being added all the

Here, I disagree.  One of the main reasons why Linux is so exciting is

I disagree here also.  What happens (as is inevitable) that a bug is
found, a faster version of an old feature is written or that it is
decided that Linux is desperately missing a needed feature?

If you want stability, you can run a version that you find is
satisfactory and stick with it.  This inconveniences nobody else and

Well, old and useless stuff should be deleted but who is going to do
this?  Somebody has to volunteer for the job.


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