> In any case, I think you're missing my point entirely, or are simply > unwilling to acknowledge it. I'll go ahead and restate it here, and then > I'm > done. For the purposes of most CF developers, who aren't server > administrators, there is no substantive difference between IIS and Apache > - > neither "beats the pants off" the other - and time spent learning one > after > you know enough about the other to write and test applications is time > that > could be spent on something else. The fact that this isn't self-evident to > you, that we're even having this discussion, boggles my mind. >
I think the reason this thread was started in the first place, is because IIS is basically unusable on XP, as you can't have multiple domains set up that don't all point to the same site. (Ok, there are some tools out there, but seriously, they're ugly workarounds). This is the reason I started using Apache in the first place. I currently have about 6 domains on my work workstation, and I can't imagine running IIS on there. I also can't imagine working off a single dev server, as that was the environment we tried very hard to get away from. I also don't intend to run win2k3 server on every workstation, so the only option is to use apache instead of IIS. Once I figured out how powerful apache_rewrite is, I never looked back. IIS might be a good solution for large enterprises and intranets, but I can't see why CF developers would use it, or why it would be used in hosted environments. I consider IIS not supporting multiple sites on XP, while apache behaving exactly the same as it would on win2k3 - a substantial difference. And if you're going to use Apache on your development boxes, you might as well use the same on production. Russ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:267237 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
