Comparing Windows and Linux Stability

This guy has it right. Stability is perception. Servers are controlled environments, run 24X7, so seem more stable even if running the same code.

I have empirical evidence. Worked on/wrote an OS called CTOS in the 80's, ran on desktop machines and on 'large' servers of 8 processors. We got an award for the stability of our release after we ported the desktop latest version to the server. Record small bug reports/tech support issues. Simply by updating to the latest code. Desktop still was perceived as being buggy, but only because it rand 100's of apps, not just the same half-dozen.

ISS is not stable. Our company used to have the corporate website server going down multiple times per day. Even the developers working on .Net projects would have to restart their servers multiple times per week just to keep them up.

That being said desktop Linux stability (Ubuntu/Mint) is a bit of a joke. Ubuntu is the worst offender, and tends to change drastically between versions. (On a side note Fedora is stable as a rock, but is very boring)

This has been my experience, different people likely would have different outcomes. I've never had to restart any of my linux servers.