Yeah, don't worry, I wasn't

JeevesBond — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:57:22 +0000

Yeah, don't worry, I wasn't bashing you for using Windows. I was just disagreeing with what demopaul said about it not being secure, that is total BS.

JeevesBond, I do agree with

Solommon — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:42:57 +0000

JeevesBond, I do agree with you. But if your hired developer said you need to purchase windows web hosting.... And you are trying to find the cheapest and the most quality one. neowebspace.com was the one.
Actually I have signed up for them for several days and for now I have to say that I'm happy. Hiope they will be doing their best for me.

Generally, Linux is believed

JeevesBond — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:33:57 +0000

Generally, Linux is believed to be secure enough, but there are some applications that require better security than Linux can offer, if interested in this issue you may follow the link

Except that the article you linked to is from 2004, the US military is using Linux successfully and the NSA has created a hardened version called SELinux. The French police (Gendarmerie specifically) have switched to Linux and OpenOffice, plenty of governments trust it for their national security.

That article may have been relevant four years ago, but in present day it's nothing more than poorly-thought-out FUD. I don't disagree that there are 'some applications' where Linux is not a good fit, but that goes for any general-purpose OS. I wouldn't trust Windows, Linux, Solaris or any other OS to run medical equipment, voting machines, aeroplane instruments etc.

For Web servers, supercomputers, embedded and almost everything else (another argument), Linux is--and continues to be--the ideal fit.

Usually Windows hosting is

knorr — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:47:30 +0000

Usually Windows hosting is more expensive than Linux and more difficult to handle.

Generally, Linux is believed

demopaul — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:39:28 +0000

Generally, Linux is believed to be secure enough, but there are some applications that require better security than Linux can offer, if interested in this issue you may follow the link
http://biznix.org/articles/linsecure.html, I just like the title of the article "Linux Unfit For the National Security" and it questions wisdom of the decision to use Linux for the designs of military hardware.

As for the pricing, I think the gap between Windows and Linux hosting packages is getting smaller and smaller.Say 2GBs of disk space and 5Gbs of bandwidth cost about $12.00 moin Sibername.com plans, I think the pricing is very typical for Linux hosting as well.

The general tendency to go

Ruth — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:53:24 +0000

The general tendency to go for Windows, only if Linux can't handle your site, this is usually when your site uses asp. Probably Windows platform is safer than Linux.

Windows web hosting requires

Vicerus — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:07:19 +0000

Windows web hosting requires to pay for the license as well. And at the same time windows is easy to manage I guess. Maybe that's why prices might look totally the same.

There a survey devoted to

birch — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:32:24 +0000

There a survey devoted to Linux vs Windows , especially to the side of their costs
http://www.techworld.com/features/index.cfm?fuseaction=displayfeature&Fe...
Anyway, if your site needs Windows, there are established companies that specialize in Windows hosting plans, accuwebhosting.com, sibername.com, jodohost.com.

Their pricesare a little bit

knorr — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:52:36 +0000

Their pricesare a little bit expensive IMO.

Do people ususally charge

caffinephil — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:23:12 +0000

Do people ususally charge different for windows hosting over linux? I just get to choose at no extra cost.