Most people who just get a stock Dell box, they will have XP home on it. How are they supposed to learn web development on it if MS doesn't provide a web server to go with it?
It's probably true that most web developers use XP Pro, and personally, if I get a PC with XP home, I reinstall it right away with XP Pro, but there are people out there, who are using XP Home. The reason I brought this up, is I have a friend who I'm trying to get started with ColdFusion. They have XP Home, so we are forced to use Apache. I think it's ridiculous for MS to cripple the OS like that. Anyway, are there any good beginner sites that my friend can start going thru the tutorials on? Or should I just have them get a copy of CFWACK? Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:40 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Apache config > > For 99.9% of people who would even use XP home...I don't think this would > be > an issue. You are good at non-issues, eh Russ? ;-) > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 25 January 2007 20:32 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Apache config > > Not to stir up this debate again, but I just remembered the #1 reason > Apache > is better then IIS... Microsoft doesn't even let you run IIS on Windows XP > home, so those trying to learn web development on their stock Dell > computer > are SOL unless they use Apache. > > 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:267697 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4