Re: March 1998 article comparing NT/Unix/Linux as web servers

Stephen D. Williams (sdw@lig.net)
Tue, 10 Feb 1998 17:14:53 -0500 (EST)


> [OFFTOPIC and Without wishing to provoke yet another NT vs Linux
> flamewar/thread..]
>
> From: "Stephen D. Williams" <sdw@lig.net>
> Message-Id: <199802092227.RAA08294@lig.net>
> Subject: March 1998 article comparing NT/Unix/Linux as web servers
> To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 17:27:24 -0500 (EST)
> Cc: sdw@lig.net
>
> They only compared Caldera OpenLinux 1.1. RedHat would have been much
> better.
>
> Err... excuse my ignorance, but why?

Because with the way they compared the alternatives, it would have
looked better to have had Alpha/64-bit support. I don't think Caldera
ships with that. I may be wrong. RedHat ships with it on the CD.

> [...]
>
> Also, he mentions that it comes with ASP Web scripting, Web server
> Software (IIS), Transaction Processing (TP) monitoring (Transaction
> Server), message-oriented middleware (MOM or MSMQ) and MS Management
> Console (MMC). Not once does he mention that these have further
> license that must be paid for in many circumstances. For instance,
> the Web Server is only licensed as aan Internet server, Intranet use
> requires client licensing.
>
> In many ways 'asp' is quite powerful. There are similar solutions for linux
> but I've yet to find one as fully featured with a good database integration.
>
> If someone knows of something like this, or is interested in developing
> something along these lines then please let me know.

I have a LOT of database experience so I'd definitely be interested.
We need something like ASP and some of the other database interfaces.

> He does indicate that the Unix boxes are far more reliable and faster.
>
> Yeah... our NT web servers are lucky to have 10 days uptime, the unix ones
> often have 100+ (and even then are usually manually restarted for some
> reason or other).
>
>
>
>
> -Chris
>

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