Ryan, Good point, perhaps I will scale back the Xserve and get a Dell too. I like that idea... One of each, the best of both worlds.
Thanks, Drew BTW, Oracle on Mac OS X is free right now if you are a member of the Oracle Technology Network... And I sure do like free!!! On 12/27/02 2:54 PM, "Ryan Kime" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
