Linux or Windows for a server?
- by Matt
I'm a Linux guy when it comes to (web) servers for the following reasons
Legally free
Fast software updates (Unless you're running Cent OS :)
Powerful CLI management of services
Easy to secure (in terms of users and groups)
Web server software is, well, built for Linux... Apache, PHP, Python, etc, are Linux programs that get ported to Windows - I'm 90% sure of this
Unless the web server needed to run ASP, I wouldn't use Windows.
My boss' IT friend is a Windows guy, though. He recently got a server setup in the office to run Microsoft Exchange and some other shit. What I'm asking is, if he wanted to start running websites on this thing, what would be good reasoning to convince him otherwise? He's not very bright in terms of IT and the IT friend is all Windows. So it's two against one here...
What would you say to running a Windows web server?