It has worked every time for me. Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. Linux isn't a product. Linux is an organic part of a software ecosystem.
Time is the best teacher.
Unfortunately it kills all its students. Rain Forest Puppy on bugtraq Do not meddle in the affairs of sysadmins, for they are quick to anger and have not need for subtlety. Black holes are where God divided by zero. Life's too short to dance with ugly women. Technology is a constant battle between manufacturers producing bigger and more idiot-proof systems and nature producing bigger and better idiots.