query: Windows NT webserver vs. UNIX webserver

[Walter Lewis]

Been there, done both, use the NT.  There are a range of 1 free and a 
number of inexpensive servers--a modest array of add-ons with many more 
in the pipe.  Free in the unix world = good support staff.  

We run NT on an "old" 486/33 with 16 Mb of ram and a SCSI harddrive. 
Performance is adequate.  My understanding is that it scales up to the 
Microsoft WWW site with the appropriate hardware.

Walter Lewis		  		     walter.lewis at sheridanc.on.ca
Deputy Chief Librarian/Systems
Halton Hills Public Library, Georgetown, ON Canada L7G 2A3 (905) 873-2681
http://www.hhpl.on.ca/hhplref.htm

On Thu, 9 Nov 1995, Bing Wen wrote:

> > In our particular situation, we are concerned about acquiring the UNIX box
> > because no one in the library is sufficiently conversant in UNIX.  On the
> > other hand, Windows NT is just as unfamiliar but alleged to be an easier 
> > OS to administer.  Without starting an OS war, if anyone would care to 
> > offer advice in this regard I'd appreciate it.  
> > 
> 
> We were in a similar situation a year ago when we started our Website
> on the corporate internal network. I was the only one in the library
> who knew a bit about Unix but I did not want to tie myself up in the
> chores of creating web pages and maintaining them.
> 
> So I chose the NT platform. Since our staff all use Windows for Work-
> groups to access the network, they find it quite easy to work on the
> pages on the server which to them is just a network drive in the File
> Manager. As a matter of fact, some of them do not even have a slightest
> idea what a server is and where it is. All they know is go to drive D:
> to add new pages or update old ones.
> 
> Just some personal experience to share with you.
> 
> -bing
> 
>