Whats all this?

Ignore Glen, he's not a real programmer. He relies on the 'Autocomplete' in VS to finish all his code for him :icon_lol: He also needs 600mb worth of ".NET Framework" to make the code any use!

Don't you know that PHP is also a windows platform Glen? Yes, the dreaded interpreter works with shonky old IIS!! PHP has a very close relationship with C++, arguably one of the most powerful languages in the world.

MoveToNZ started off as an ASP website, I cut my teeth on ASP but IIS is such a poor, unstable platform that the website was down, more often than not (only the ASP pages, the HTML ones still worked!). Hence the switch to PHP on Linux servers. After all, the internet is based on Unix, without which there would never have been the internet we know today, and you simply cant fault Linux/Unix for reliability.

Windows, and anything on it, are memory hogging security risks from hell! Even Apple Macs use OSX, yes, LINUX! And you don't get better than those for DTP and graphical design etc.

Windows is a toy, made easy for the masses, and suffers the consequence of viruses, unreliablility (yes, windows like to 'freeze'!) and a worldwide hate campaign comprising millions of people.

If Linux had Adobe photoshop, I would never use windows again! I know I could run it under Wine, but it doesnt work that well :icon_frown:

And how about a little cost comparison, just to round this off:

All prices in USD

WINDOWS:
Windows 2003 Server : $999
Server Anti Virus & Firewall : $100 up to Many Thousands
Damage caused by viruses : $Billions

LINUX:
Linux Operating System : FREE
Anti Virus & Firewall : FREE up to a few dollars
Damage caused by viruses : Bugger all!

This is an excellent article, that EVERYONE should read:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/10...ndows_viruses/


If all you use windows for is checking emails, web surfing, chatting on MSN and typing the occasional document, get yourself LINUX! All of these things are on Linux (Even an MSN chat, called Gaim) so get it and you'll be set :icon_biggrin:

How much did it cost again? Oh yes.. NOTHING!