[WEB4LIB] RE: Advice on Linux

[Thomas Dowling]

At 12:23 PM 6/4/2002, Peter Verhagen wrote:
> > When using Apache with Samba and mod_frontpage I can't think of
> > any other "infrastructure" that would cause me to use IIS.
> >
>
>I can:
>
>1) Vendor Support
>
>Now, to the best of my knowledge, our Public Library Vendor
>(Epixtech) supports Internet access to our library's catelogue only
>on two different Operating Systems: Solaris and Windows.


Windows != IIS

The current version of Apache matches or beats IIS for stability and 
performance *on Windows* with a substantially better track record for security.

Linux is a great operating system, but there is no longer any need to 
consider it a prerequisite to dumping IIS.



Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu