Linux
is an open source system and is therefore more cost-effective
to operate and maintain than Windows, meaning that Linux
hosting will cost you less than Windows hosting. Linux
also has a reputation for stability and speed which means
that Linux web servers will crash less often than Windows
web servers and Linux runs most processes faster than
Windows.
Linux
supports a wide range of software, applications, languages,
and databases such as PHP, Perl, PostGre, MySQL, PostgreSQL
and many others making it very scalable. On the downside,
Linux is not fully compatible with some Microsoft technologies
so if you are using Access, ASP, MS SQL, or VB development
tools then Windows would be a better bet.
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The
main "advantage" or distinction of Windows
servers is that they can run Microsoft software such
as Access and MS SQL databases. Windows servers also
offer web developers the use of Microsoft's programming
environments such as Active Server Pages (ASP), Visual
Basic Scripts, MS Index Server.
Users
can develop web site using the familiar interface of
Microsoft tools such as, Visual Interdev, and Microsoft
Access. With ASP users can develop a database-driven
web site using Microsoft Access and Microsoft SQL as
the database
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