Drew, My .02
I wouldn't run a mission critical app on an unsupported platform. I am all for Apple gaining some market share in the server arena, but I wouldn't let them do it at my expense. If I was dead set on getting an Xserve (and could afford it), I would also be able to afford a test lab and run it through its paces - software compatibility, security testing, and load testing. On the other hand, if you want to try PHP, then by all means. Ryan BTW, Oracle licensing is going to bite you down the road. -----Original Message----- From: Drew Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 1:51 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Which Server for CF??? I am having a dilemma and would appreciate some feedback. I need to purchase a new web server for an existing job... And to repurpose when the job is over. I am an Oracle guy, and an apple guy... So now that Oracle 9i is offered and supported natively on Mac OS X I am very happy. However, I also have been using CF for so long now for all my applications it has become a crutch in some ways. I do all my coding on my PowerBook in DWMX. I love Apple products and would love to use my mac for everything. I realize there is a hack to port CF to OSX, however since it can not yet run on Apache there, and a few other bugs, I am reluctant to purchase the Xserve for the job as I would like to do (even though I could run a W2K server in VPC6). The server will be repurposed as my main webserver/application server after the initial project and I would buy an Xserve in an instant if I knew there was a Mac release of CF around the corner. Perhaps if CFMX did not run the way I needed it to natively (via the hack) in OSX, I would think it would run ok in VPC6 W2K... With the dual 1ghz g4 processors and 2GB of RAM. Any thoughts or comments? -Drew Harris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
