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From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: OS's and Web Servers
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 16:09:53 +0000
Organization: Erol's Internet Services
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Bill Henderson wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone. The company that I work for is considering putting up its
> own web site (now using an ISP for this) and I have been asked to look
> into the positives and negatives of various OS's and web servers. I
> have some experience with NT and have only recently started to play
> with UNIX, so NT would have a slight edge ;) However, in the time
> frame that we are talking I could come up to speed enough (I believe)
> with UNIX so that possibility remains... Any input would be GREATLY
> appreciated! Any links that might offer info in this area would also
> be appreciated. Many thanks in advance!


We have one of each where I work for staging purposes and testing, and I
will only say this: the NT box needs a lot of maintenance and playing-
with, while the FreeBSD box, with Apache, happily sits there and works.

Just for grins, you might also want to run through the now-very-long
thread that started with 'Unix too slow for a Web Server...' and follow
the comments there.
-- 
Ken

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