Comment 588 for bug 1

18 MONTHS TO FIX INSTALLER
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I think this is the first bug that I have been interested in and actually seen fixed.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/90575
Its got 26 duplicates already, probably still more to come.
First duplicate reported 2006-10-29
Marked as Fix Released 2008-02-29
Of course it won't actually be fixed until next release is made.

I think there may even have been earlier bug reports about similar problems.

I get the impression (whether right or wrong) that nothing is fixed in Ubuntu, it just inherits fixes from upstream, Debian or security alerts. Though it does generate some of its own special bugs, whenever it decides to diverge from upstream or Debian normal policies.

This type of performance will really, really worry Microsoft, NOT.