[WEB4LIB] RE: Advice on Linux

[Karen Knox]

Well, I recently made the jump in my library - from IIS on WinNT to Apache
on RedHat Linux.  I've been very pleased.  And I am moving forward to add
other open-source apps to my Linux server, like Samba & Sendmail.  We
still have 2 NT servers, but offloading the web site to Apache/Linux helps
me sleep better.  :)

    Karen

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Karen C. Knox
kknox at tln.lib.mi.us
Head of Systems & Technology
Novi Public Library
Novi, Michigan

On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Thomas Bennett wrote:

> It would be interesting to see a breakdown of os/platform/webserver and of
> 6371 servers how many libraries are these divided between.
> 
> Realize also, as already mentioned, sometimes others make decisions you have
> to enforce.  For instance our library decided to purchased ILLiad (Inter
> Library Loan Server) so now I have to support NT/IIS/MSQL7 because this is a
> proprietary package(and with the problems I've had with it I refer to it as
> the IDIot server).  On the other hand I run the library web server on a
> Digital Alpha NT with Apache formerly Netscape Enterprise, but am most
> pleased with my Linux/Apache and Linux/Zope.  I am looking forward to
> putting Linux on the Alpha even if RH version 5.2 is the last supported
> Redhat release for the Alpha 2100A.
> 
> 
> Thomas
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Thomas Dowling
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 10:38 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Advice on Linux
> 
> 
> At 10:13 AM 6/4/2002, Cantona, Eric wrote:
> > >Let's make it a list discussion - Linux can be very >useful to
> web-slinging
> >librarians :)
> >
> >Agreed.  Apache+Linux is an unstoppable web server.  More features and
> >better performance than IIS+2000 but without the tragic security and
> >reliability flaws.
> >
> >And of course, total cost = $0.00
> 
> 
> And yet, mind-bogglingly*, the percentage of libraries running their web
> sites on Win32/IIS continues to climb.  From the most recent Libweb crawl:
> 
>    6371 total servers:
>      2555 Apache Servers (40.1%)
>      2563 Microsoft Servers (40.22%)
>      497 Netscape/IPlanet Servers (7.8%)
>      799 Other Servers (12.54%)
> 
> IMO, that's 2563 libraries that either make bad decisions or allow bad
> decisions to be made for them.  (Then there's the 68 libraries still
> running CERN or NCSA servers, who don't make decisions at all.)
> 
> 
> Thomas (*Low Boggle Threshold) Dowling
> OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
> tdowling at ohiolink.edu
> 
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