[Zachery]

Originally Posted by Hellcat

First of, I'm a BIG fan of Linux servers!

But despite that, I'd really take a Windows box in your case.
Updating the webserver, PHP, MySQL server and what not indeed is way more easy on Windows IMO.
In case of PHP you just replace the PHP.EXE and that's it.
For the other, run the installers and you're done.

I hate the need to compile everything myself on a linux box.
Maybe I just looked at the wrong places so far, but IMHO Windows is way more easy to mantain....

And if you spend some of your safed time it can be as performing and secure as a Linux box....


[EDIT]
What's the $1500 about?

Probally the cost of W2k3 Server.

Anyway, I'd stick with linux overall its easier to manage, esp with a control panel like cpanel. And even then.

Hellcat, in windows you cannot just replace the php.exe file, inafct most of the time you shouldn't be using php as a cgi or fcgi but rather asn an ISAPI filter. Windows as a webserver IMO is more work than needed, hire someone to manage you server if you don't have the time or want to free it up, a good sysadmin helps you sleep at night.