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DaveW · 09-15-2007, 12:10 PM

There are two types of hosting platforms,Windows Web Hosting and Linux Web Hosting. Both are known to be very good platforms to host with.But the question arises when we think of the user friendliness of these operatng systems.Windows Hosting is always considered to be a better option. What do you guys think regarding this?

**ho$ter** · 09-17-2007, 06:09 PM

I like the question, but this one is the age old debate isn't it?
You have to look at pricing, reliability, security, use of development tools. etc.
Because of MS licensing arrangements, Linux hosting may be prove to be cheaper. But web hosting services are competitively priced nowadays and the difference is narrowing for sure. Security and reliability are fine with either platform too. But if you want to use ASP.NET etc. you have to go with Windows or if you're a Perl, PHP, MySQL fan etc. Linux may be the better option. Anybody agree?

stealthiss · 09-29-2007, 08:06 PM

I consider Linux to be much better solution because it is more stable and you can do a lot more with it without having to buy the upgrades and additional software that you might need.