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[_] Apache vs IIS

Rick Hurst rick.hurst at gmail.com
Sun Jan 6 19:17:33 GMT 2008

On Jan 5, 2008 12:22 PM, Chris Southam <chris at subflex.com> wrote:

> We've got a couple of dedicated servers running Windows, IIS, PHP and MySQL.
> They've been up for a year or so and I'm really not impressed with the
> amount of TLC I have to give Windows and IIS?
>
> Has anyone got any particular thoughts on swapping IIS for Apache.
> I've done it locally on quite a few machines and found the
> response/speed times better than IIS.

Underscores very own Richard Davey has written a guide for running a
WAMP server - might help. Also might help give you some confidence
after the underscore collective convinces you that windows = satan ;-)


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Rick Hurst, Web developer, Bristol, England
http://www.rickhurst.co.uk