Well, it certainly doesn't need to install it by default, IIS/PWS is in Win98 (and NT4, and Win2K, and WinXP Pro, for that matter) and you have to explicitly install it...but it's there at least. With no IIS download available anymore, XP Home users who want to do web development have no other real choice than to use someone else's web server, and if they want to do ASP development, they are pretty much screwed. Again, I just fail to see the logic, since MS is so good at making themselves as an "all in one" package.
Pete ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 11:42 AM Subject: RE: web server for XP home? > > I do find it unforgiveable that Microsoft didn't include IIS > > in XP Home, it is very shortsighted on their part. > > I feel exactly the opposite. I think it would be unforgivable if Microsoft > put a web server in a home OS. If you want to run a web server, you can > always get one, but the vast majority of home users - and end-users in > general - neither need to run a web server nor want to. Nor would they > understand the potential security implications of doing so. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > voice: (202) 797-5496 > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
