Hosting platform

[teammate]

Is there any benefit of Linux over Windows? Which is better?

[andychev]

This should be a linux vs microsoft poll!

It depends who you ask and what you are trying to acheive. To my knowledge not everything that runs on a microsoft server will run on a Linux server and vice versa so the main decision when choosing a platform is whether it will run on it.

Assuming both Linux and Microsoft platforms can both run whatever it is so say it is just standard basic html pages which is better i guess boils down to which is most reliable. I think i would say Linux properly administered comes out on top of microsoft however there is very little in it. The main thing in hosting isnt really which hardware or software is better it is more the people who set them up and run them where the advantages can be found from one host to another.

[Matt]

The poll has been added....and I prefer Linux

[teammate]

Thank you andychev for your detailed explanation.

[greymatter]

voted linux

[sara12]

Linux is better than windows, because it is cheaper than windows and is a bit easier to use.

[Chris Mitchell Rindone]

Actually, to me, the question is Linux/Apache/PHP/MySQL vs. Windows/IIS/ASP/MSSQL (or, at worse Access!). LAMP is cheaper, more secure and more widely deployed. Also being open source there is far more development and support than the closed, MS option. Of course if your entire enterprise is built on, and has support for, Microsoft based solutions it may be easier - but more expensive - to do that end to end. That said, I's still lean toward a 'nix solution for anything beyond your LAN.