I have been using Xampp on a windows production server for about 3 years
now.. had no issues. and you don't have to use the apache with that just
turn it off and only turn on mysql and php. it's got a control center which
should make it easier to work with.

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Dave Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> We needn't bother - it should be obvious to even the greatest Microsoft
> fanboi nowadays :P
>
> :)
>
> Dave
>
> Philip Arndt wrote:
> > [OT] I'm just waiting for the obligatory "WINDOWS SUCKSSSSS" post from
> > the anti-microsoft ;-)
> >
> > On 15/10/2008, at 3:19 PM, Jochen Daum wrote:
> >
> >> Yeah, but then you loose all the Apache modules, such as mod_rewrite
> >> and have to look for difficult to install IIS modules, some of them
> >> costing extra money and hassle.
> >>
> >> HTH, Jochen
> >>
> >> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 3:07 PM, lasc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>     Who talking about Apache, you can use  IIS + php + MySql
> >>
> >>     On Oct 15, 12:08 pm, Don Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> >>     > Sid Bachtiar wrote:
> >>     > > Why is that?
> >>     >
> >>     > Sid I think you missed the point that the user clearly needs
> >>     help from
> >>     > someone who's worked with WAMP on a windows machine before, as
> >>     they're
> >>     > asking for it.
> >>     >
> >>     > Regan pointed out that the machine is a 'PRODUCTION' server.  So
> >>     it's
> >>     > safe to assume that there might already be other things running
> >>     on it,
> >>     > such as IIS.
> >>     >
> >>     > WAMP will want port 80 won't it?  iis is already on port 80.
> >>     >
> >>     > What else does this machine have running that WAMP might upset?
> >>     >
> >>     > Had Regan asked 'what's the best way to install apache and mysql
> >>     on a
> >>     > dev windows box to learn how to do it?' then I would have 100%
> >>     agreed
> >>     > with you... grap WAMP and get wacking!
> >>     >
> >>     > Cheers Don
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > >
>
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