If you can't use the product properly because setup is so complex, you have a useless POS...IIS is pretty easy to use...even in the beginning. It's a heck of a lot easier to use than Apache on either platform. It has nothing to do with being afraid of learning something new. Most of the time there just isn't time to learn something new and deal with the quirks of a new product that you are not familiar with in a production environment. Take MS SQL Server vs Oracle. They are peers as far as performance and power...what makes MS SQL Server better is interface. Instead of having to buy a 3rd party tool to have a decent GUI to manage the DB (especially after spending 10's of thousands of dollars on the product), SQL Server already has that built in. It's the difference between having an easy to use GUI vs having to learn PL/SQL in a command line to even use the db. Someone without and DBA experience can build a db (maybe not entirely properly...but they can build it) with little difficulty in SQL Server. The same cannot be said with Oracle. It makes a huge difference.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: Doug Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 19:22 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Apache config I completely disagree with that statement. Ease of use has (nearly) nothing to do with how good or bad a particular product is. Some people have spent years running their sites on Apache and the same holds true for others using IIS. It all depends what you use and what you are familiar with. Apache is just as good as IIS in my opinion, but you need to stick with what you are familiar with until you know the ins and outs(unless your dealing with an old dev box). Anyhow my point is that people cannot be afraid to learn something new just because there is a learning curve involved. I am sure it has taken everyone here that uses IIS quite awhile to learn it in the beginning. Doug B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 6:04 PM Subject: RE: Apache config > > Apache beats the pants off IIS, but it has a bit of a learning curve. > > One important measurement of how good a product is, is how easy it is to > learn and use. > > 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! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:267094 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
