choice - the learning curve is pretty high, comparatively, but only because
there really aren't that many choices. Taken by itself it's not
particularly hard (although if you're used to Windows Server then it can be
pretty big change of gears). I think that Sun is also freely licensing
Solaris for home use at this point (right?) but I think that would be even
more of a pain in the butt.
If you do want an MS OS you might consider subscribing to the MS Action Pack
(do a search for it). For (I think) $200 you get not-for-resale copies of
all major MS releases with multiple (but limited use) keys. This includes
Windows 2000 (all flavors), Windows 2003 (all flavors) and Windows XP (all
flavors). You get four, quarterly software updates for your 1-year
subscription.
Personally I'm running Windows 2003 with the beta of MS Virtual Server on
that. I've then got six or seven virtual Windows 2000 and a couple of Linux
development servers set up on that box (of which I can run three or four at
a time with the amount of RAM I have).
I just mention this because of the way you're talking about installing
software - using the virtual machines you can set up a dedicated virtual box
for PHP, another for CF, another for BlueDragon and so forth. You never
have to worry about what will work with what again.
Jim Davis
From: Phill B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 12:15 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: What would you choose?
I put together a server and now I need to decide on the OS. I was
going to get a copy of Win2k but that fell through. So, now I'm
thinking I should go for something free. Any suggestions? I need
something that doesn't have a big learning curve.
I guess I'll also use Apache and MySQL. I may run PHP and give the
copy of BlueDragon I have another try.
--
Phillip B.
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