[Info-vax] Shared Objects And DLL Hell

[David Froble]

lawrencedo99 at gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, July 1, 2016 at 11:19:16 AM UTC+12, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> On 2016-06-30 22:47:26 +0000, Lawrence D’Oliveiro said:
>>> You don’t have that problem with open-source software, only with 
>>> proprietary packages.
>> False.
> 
>     ldo at theon:~> dpkg-query -l '*' | grep -c ^i
>     4657
> 
> That means I have 4657 separate packages all installed at once on my primary Debian Unstable system. Which remains reliable enough for all my day-to-day work. Typical uptime is about a month, because that’s how often I decide to update things.

Because you haven't had a problem is not proof that it cannot happen.  Your 
claim is not proven.  I'm sure you are happy with it.  Still not proof.

> How many packages can your Windows or VMS servers have installed at once without crashing?

I can place as many things as I want on my VMS systems.  My systems don't crash. 
  Sometimes power failure.  No computer runs without power.