My 2c it may be easy to run windows but not always SBS/LMS on windows . The constanly evolwing battle between a wide selection if antivirus software firewalls and other security features proves it.
When you got it running on some " server linux" it does so almost idefinetely it does not suddenly fails due to an windows service pack or security hotfix or antivirus upgrade . This problem is probably due to some laziness of M$ and Antivirus and FW programmers they simply assume that users don't run server aplications and treat anything "sending stuff out" from the computer as suspect and overeacts . The upgrade procedure on my linux server is 3 easy command lines . When I used win it was only a mouse click *but* sometimes it was also fretting with numerous settings in all the av and fw software to no end. And modern windows is even more finicky you must remeber to run installers and aplications as administrator in varius combinations and windows twist on file paths, that drive letters is user space only ( almost ) ( imo the drive letter system is junk anyway ). I opted for a system with a more deterministic behavior -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91992 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
