Quoting "Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Shelby Cain wrote: > > >--- "Uwe C. Schroeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>>The problem is, that it's a question of > >>> > >>> > >>perception. Most windows fans don't > >> > >> > >>>see that "their" OS is pretty instable. > >>> > >>> > > > >That may have been true in 1995. However, in this day > >and age most Windows fans don't see that their OS as > >unstable because it isn't - unless of course you are > >referring to the non-NT variations. > > > > > O.k. I don't want to start an OS war here. However > there are a couple of things I know. > > 1. As of Windows 2000, Windows is reasonably stable. > However there is a caveat, it still can not perform > under load (read slowness, possible crash) like Linux > or other UNIX variants can. > > 2. As of Windows 2003, Windows is very stable and > performs fairly well under load. However it still > can not keep up with Linux or other UNIX variants. > > The majority of the problem with Windows in these > days is people who hire other people with little > pieces of paper that say they are knowledgeable. > > A properly managed Windows server can be reliable, > can perform reasonably well, if you have the expertise > to do so. This is not that much unlike UNIX. The difference > is that UNIX requires the expertise, Windows makes you > feel like you have it when you don't. > > Sincerely, > > Joshua D. Drake > > > > > > >Regards, > > > >Shelby Cain > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > >Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > >http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ > > > >---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > >TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > > > > > > > -- > Command Prompt, Inc., home of Mammoth PostgreSQL - S/ODBC and S/JDBC > Postgresql support, programming shared hosting and dedicated hosting. > +1-503-667-4564 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.commandprompt.com > PostgreSQL Replicator -- production quality replication for PostgreSQL > >
The only additional thing I would add to this if it hasn't been mentioned already is that 2000 had/has some major security issues and even though 2003 is more secure out of the box from what I've experienced so far, I would **never** trust a windows box to anything other than my LAN using private IP blocks and if it has inbound access via a public IP then it would more certainly be behind another firewall that is NAT'ing/Port Forwarding its traffic. -- Keith C. Perry, MS E.E. Director of Networks & Applications VCSN, Inc. http://vcsn.com ____________________________________ This email account is being host by: VCSN, Inc : http://vcsn.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
