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EMu (or rather, its underlying database, Texpress) is natively UNIX. We opted to run it on Windows server because as others have pointed out, our IT staff was expert in Windows server management but had no experience with UNIX/Linux. I have no direct experience to compare EMu's performance on Windows vs. Linux but I can say that in general EMu is quite stable in Windows. When we were pondering this decision, the Linux advocates told us we would be giving up Linux's relatively leaner/meaner qualities compared to Windows, in exchange for Windows' more "user-friendly" graphical interface etc. I have practically no experience with Linux so I can't comment on the accuracy of those assessments. I did get a subtle sense from KE staff that if we could have gone with Linux they would have recommended it, but it was very subtle. I recall there was also some relationship between the number of records in the database and which platform was recommended; as I recall the threshhold was something like 100,000 records. Above that, I think there was a stronger recommendation for Linux. We were quite a bit below that level, so felt more comfortable with our choice of Windows. Will Real Carnegie Museum of Art
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