I&#x27;m guessing that your use cases for Windows and FOSS kernels are different, but I&#x27;ll counter your anecdote with some of my own.<p>Almost every single BSOD today is a hardware&#x2F;driver problem. After Server 2003, MSFT got serious about kernel stability.  I haven&#x27;t had a BSOD from a kernel problem since Vista.<p>Secondly, I also run multiple Server 2012 R2 servers with server hardware, and have never had a BSOD with any of those machines.<p>Finally, Microsoft runs Azure on Win Server, if it wasn&#x27;t stable, it&#x27;s cloud platform would be in serious trouble.<p>Disclaimer: I still work for Microsoft