+Dear All, I have been watching the list from the past few days after the last meeting, i think people are getting more and more geared up. Gud!
Now somethings: > Whatever is that people plan to do because MS is not taking this sitting > down .They are developing a tool in PERL which will migrate sites from > linux Apache MY Sql and PHP to Windows based IIS servers . So if you > really want to move linux one way to do is developm and offer migration > tools which will make the switching over decisions to linux more viable..By > the way the Tool I was mentioning is called LAMP Good MS is creating a tool, excellent. But they can never beat Linux as far the system robustness and stability is concerned. I have been in server management from 1997 onwards. I manage my own linux server in US (on which the ilug-cochin.org is hosted and this mailing list runs). We have custom programs which are all under GPL and allow us to make further enhancements. This basically gives us more flexibility as well as stability, thus giving good solutions to our hosting customers. Btw i would like to see this LAMP docs anywhere if anyone can provide me with a link, all i came up in google was [Lamp Project] Linux Audio Mangling Program, LAMP - Linux Animation and Movie Player :) Do i need to say anything else on this lol I read in an earlier post that someone talked about giving a solution in exchange of MS+MSSQL. And there was a reply also which said postgres and mysql are real gud options. Well i agree to that. Today NASA, who was using oracle on their servers until sometime last year shifted to MYSQL .. for wat ? PRICE ? absolutely no, they have enough money they can burn for ages together. Its for stability and robustness. However I do agree that oracle has some features which mysql lacks, but development is on, and we would see more features in future. As per the request earlier, i can give a step by step procedure how to configure apache+mysql+php if LUG members want it. Though i would need sometime to prepare it (have some work tied up) People who have tried to setup mysql would really understand that there is virtually nothing you have to do to set it up and running. Last but not the least LINUX is way to go and there is nothing which can stop it. P.S. As noone took the trouble of changing the subject of the mail, I took the oppurtunity ;-) regards, Anand Gupta India Web Promoters
