YOUR TWO CENTS: on Pros & Cons on Window Hosting

WANTED YOUR TWO CENTS: on Pros & Cons on Window Hosting.


i herd all the rumors, (windows is much slower than linux) ect ect.

but i want to hear it from you guys..


what is your personal pros & cons about windows hosting..

 

Seems like when using plesk the loading can freeze up sometimes. I don't favor it, thats for sure.

 

Normally windows hosting is costly then linux also sometime plesk give trouble in loading.
My vote for LINUX HOSTING............... cheap and secure.

 

only reason one should go for Windows is using ASP, for everything else there is Linux.

 

I have windows hosting because I use asp.net but I 've never had plesk freeze up on me.

 

Linux hosting is:
1. Faster
2. More secure
3. Less expensive
4. More flexible (more choices)
5. Was designed for the internet (UNIX)

Unless you are programming in ASP(X) then there is no reason to have a windows server.

 

All I know is that with Wordpress, some people were having difficulty modfying the permalink structure of their site.

The problem is with IIS.

 

Well, I'd never look at Win Hosting...slower and more resource intensive.

 

linux simply the best. use windows as last resort.

 

Windows is fast, I don't know where you heard slow. Windows is a slower desktop operating system, yes, but its server operating system I hear is great.

It's easy to use, easy to configure, and has a lot of support behind it...just like Unix and Linux.

It really depends on what you're going to be using your server for. If you need ASP.net, MS SQL, and general ASP, a Windows server would be the way to go. It is ideal for Microsoft applications and ASP.

The only flaw is that you're going to have to do a lot more updates to it than Linux or Unix, because it is such a widely-targeted operating system for hackers. It IS just as secure, you just have to keep it up to date.

I have no reason for a Windows server, so I'll stick to Linux.

 

No.

Lockdown a windows server properly and most of the updates just don't apply.

 

thanks guys..

 

That pretty much sums up my opinion, as well.

 

True...

I would like to add that Apache can run ASP(x) pages as well using mod_aspdotnet [ http://sourceforge.net/projects/mod-aspdotnet ] OR ASP.NET - Mono [ http://www.mono-project.com/ASP.NET ]

LAMP is simply the best.