Matt, I have to use IIS because I'm very familiar with it (a piece of cake), it's a known quantity. I'm not familiar with Apache and the thought of having to learn about its ins and outs and get used to its config files takes me away from what I ought to be focussing on - programming web apps! :-) IIS7's new architecture is modular and there are some very nice extensions (e.g. URL rewrite) - which don't require fiddling with config files.
Security holes in IIS are automatically patched with Windows Updates. With Apache I imagine a manual effort must be made to check for updates and then copy new files over? I run so many servers, they have to be self-patching. I thought it was going to be easy to choose which CFML engine to use by weighing up features, but I have been unable to get either OpenBD or Railo running with IIS so the decision has almost been made for me. :-( Vince, thanks for pointing out BD JX. With CF9 almost out and the open source engines steaming ahead with new features I had put JX on our 'maybe' list. Who knows now! Thanks, Gary. On Jul 26, 4:25 am, Matthew Woodward <[email protected]> wrote: > Gary F wrote: > > Railo is also a PITA to get working with IIS. I was supposed to make a > > technology decision this weekend (open source or CF8) but I think to > > use open source + IIS you need to be very strong on Java server > > configuration skills to patch it in to IIS. What I would do for a CF- > > like Windows installer! > > I believe Jordan Michaels is working on a Windows installer similar to > his Cent installer for OpenBD, but I believe it would be working with > Apache, not IIS. I'm sure Jordan will jump in with more info. > > Can I ask why you have to use IIS? Why not use Apache? I did a pretty > extensive blog post on getting this all up and running on Windows with > Apache:http://bit.ly/3NHyhz > > This sounds like a big decision to be making over a weekend. :-) If > there's anything else we can help with just say the word. > > Matt > > -- > Matthew Woodward > [email protected]http://www.mattwoodward.com/blog > > Please do not send me proprietary file formats such as Word, PowerPoint, > etc. as attachments.http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > smime.p7s > 4KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Open BlueDragon Public Mailing List http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en official site @ http://www.openbluedragon.org/ !! save a network - trim replies before posting !! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
