misagh
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| Posted: 05/25/2002, 9:24 PM |
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Hello Everybody
Nowadays we see that freesource programming languages and Operating systems has become a serious rival for other softwares specially Microsoft packages
But the question is if Linux servers have a more powerful Security System than other servers (particularly NT servers) and support all script and web programming languages like : ASP/PHP/Perl/MySql/SQL/... why do people still tend to get a NT server host rather than a Unix or Linux Server although the price is the same???!!!
I am very grateful to you If you could possibly guide me
thanks a lot
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Brent
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| Posted: 05/26/2002, 10:28 PM |
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They choose NT server because that is what they are familiar with. They have
been weaned on Windows for a very long time so they prefer keeping it rather
than learning Linux. Also ASP is quite popular and as far as I know, it only
runs on Windows and not Linux. However PHP will run on Windows with Apache
and of course Linux (and Unix variants). With Linux the OS is free and you
don't have to pay M$ for the server or for MS SQL or pay through the nose for
the # of connections. BTW, Apache 2 is just out and is more scaleable than before.
I believe Linux with PHP and MySQL is more reliable and a lot cheaper for a webserver.
Keep in mind MySQL is missing a lot of stuff that MS SQL has like stored procedures
and triggers. But this is coming in MySQL 4.1. For a webserver you may not need it.
If you are in this for the long haul, I'd recommend learning Linux and PHP. Or
be prepared to give $$$ to M$ for every project you develop. 
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Peter
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| Posted: 05/28/2002, 12:06 AM |
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ASP will run on Unix if the host has "ChilliSoft ASP" installed.
PHP4/MySQL will run on Windows if the host has the Win versions installed. -- I am running PHP4/MySQL combination on IIS5. There is no need for Apache server here.
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Peter
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| Posted: 05/28/2002, 12:15 AM |
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...more
Linux/Apache is a cheap solution that runs on almost any new and old CPU. However it is not favored by many corporations.
WinNT/2000 is favored among many companies using MS-Office products. It's easy to implement and maintain on a intranet. To run .mdb (Access) on a intranet costs "nothing" in lic fees.
There in no support for Linux and many corporations require licencing with product support which MS gives albeit expensive.
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