XAMPP vs WAMP security and other on Windows XP

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Published on 2010-05-13T06:40:24Z Indexed on 2010/05/13 6:44 UTC
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Not long ago I found WAMP and thought it was a God send because it had all the things I wanted/needed (Apache, PHP, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin) all built into one installer. One thing about WAMP has been making me mad is an error I get in phpMyAdmin about the advanced features not working. I have tried to fix that error long enough on that error for long enough.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2688385/problem-with-phpmyadmin-advanced-features

I now read that most people prefer XAMPP over WAMP, but I am a bit concerned that XAMPP might have some extra security holes with Mercury and Perl, two thing that I don't really need or want right now.

Are my security concerns justified or not?

Is there any other reasons to go with XAMPP over WAMP or vice versa?

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