I usually end up wiping out my disks and reinstalling about once a year just to keep everything nice and clean, so that's not too bad!
It's too bad, however, that MS doesn't make a "Developer's Edition" of their OS's, like CF does, with IP restrictions... -----Original Message----- From: Casey Dougall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 2:25 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Don't need a Windows Server OS if using Apache? You can download a 180 trail version of 2003 Enterprise server. So, every 180 days you take 4 hours and re-install your os and programs and you have a free development enviroment :-) trim that to 30 days and never pay for a program again... Web edition is just a trimed down version of enterprise. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/features/comparefeatur es.mspx On 6/17/06, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The biggest issue is what hardware to set all this up on. > > I've been planning to set up the development environment on my laptop, > which is XP Pro. No problem there really. > If Apache will allow me to develop multiple websites for development, > that's good enough. > > I had just opened up another branch of inquiry for future reference > concerning what the production OS would need to be...now I know it > can't be XP Pro....but I could still use Win 2000 Server, or Linux > (yikes!) without spending anything. > > But I think Win Web Server might be a reasonably inexpensive > alternative to Win 2003 Server...I just haven't used it at all. > > Anybody else using Win Web Server? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 1:38 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Don't need a Windows Server OS if using Apache? > > > So, I've decided to use Apache instead of IIS as a web server. > > > > Does this mean that my web server can now serve multiple sites from > > Win XP Pro, instead of having to have a server OS, such as Win 2000 > > Server, Win 2003 Server, or Win Web Server? > > Yes. > > > I'm talking about a production server.not a development server. > > I wouldn't recommend this. As Jochem mentioned, there are limitations > on how many open connections a non-server Windows OS may accept. If > you already have a Windows 2000 Server, why not just use that? > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:243977 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
