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I second – or third ?? – this thread.
I made the switch in ’99, mostly because of the cheap AMD hardware you
could back then (relative to intel & apple) made it worth while. That was,
of course T2K, and I’ve moved up 2 platforms (from single Athlon to Dual
Athlon MP and now to dual/dual opteron) and likewise moved from T2K to 5.0 to
5.5. Every combination has been able to support my needs and it gets better
everyday. The latest builds can process millions of requests without any major
problems. I also understand that Apple has a lot to
do with the instability of the software running on their OS. As most of the
other people have said, I too am an apple fan. My first computer was an apple
][. I still have a 128k mac, and I have a current powerbook. But it was no
secret that apple is not a server hardware or software platform. Not in the 80’s,
not in the 90’s and that’s just changing now. Personally, I believe
that 10.4 is the first OS to make Macs a viable server. With the coming of
intel CPUs, I would wait out that change before making any assessment. But, as
the case is, my money is already spent, and I gotta say that a well built
Xeon/Opteron/Windows2003/5.5 server leaves you wanting very little. Robert From: John Muldoon
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Robert, Couldn't agree with you more. I moved
everything from Mac to Windows. I also kicked and screamed the whole way. But I
gotta tell you, the difference in stability and upward extensibility is huge.
And like it or not, almost everything is built around Windows, even if it isn't
Windows itself. From: Robert
Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] It was a very difficult thing for me to go to windows. I went kicking
and screaming. I went from Tango2000 for the mac, to Witango 5 for windows. But
after all this time, it was definitely the best decision. And more recently, because of all the bandwidth I use at my colocation
center, I had the opportunity to get several XServe G5 DP machines to use free,
or for almost nothing. It was a sponsorship kind of thing. I would then have to
write up, and give testimonials and such. So did a bunch of testing on windows
and mac. I still chose windows, and then proceeded to upgrade all of my windows
hardware for my cost. And I would have LOVED to have gone to the XSERVEs. Cuz I
think they are cool, and I love the mac. Also, in Witango 5.5, they completely rewrote the code that handles db
connections and such. And in 5.0, this was the area that caused any
instabilities I saw in 5.0. I posted a very long message about my testing with
v5.5, under load, regarding this major change. I do understand your frustration, but I think this was an evolutionary
change, and not a bug fix. I upgraded 4 machines and bought 2 more licenses. It
was well worth it. My sites don't go down, although I have seen a cache issue,
that I am still trying to reproduce. Unfortunately, I am slowly moving off witango, for many reasons, most
previously posted. It will take me most of 2006 to complete the move, though.
Until then, 5.5.009 on windows is a VERY stable platform. But don't get me
started on the dev studio, and documentation for things like java beans. For a server platform, with every experience I have had, with many
pieces of software, linux or windows is always a better choice than os x. I
would move completely to linux, but I would have to do more testing with
witango for linux. But is it even done for 5.5? As recently as a few weeks ago,
it listed licenses for linux as PRESALE. What is the status on that? Anyone
know? Just a footnote, one other big reason for witango on windows, vs mac or
linux, is extendability. There are by far more methods to connect to other
services, like payflowpro, and other stuff like that through windows. -- Robert Garcia President - BigHead Technology VP Application Development - eventpix.com Magalia, Ca 95954 ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040 On Nov 15, 2005, at 10:43 AM, Andrew Derry wrote:
On a side note, to Robert - I
would have gone windows all the way in the first place if it'd been up to
me. It's the people that own and maintain (the non-technical side of) the
server are Mac all the way so wouldn't have any of that. ;) ________________________________________________________________________TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf |
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