Hey Matt,

Thanks for the response.  I quite comfortable running Apache, just on the
*nix side.  

I tried it on Windows years ago and had tons of problems, just wondering if
it's improved.  Thanks for the endorsement, I'll try it out !

Dirk 

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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Woodward
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 4:02 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Done with IIS on XP
> 
> I haven't tried the whole Windows/running IIS simultaneously 
> thing (I assume you want to run both), but as a general 
> comment I'll just say  
> that Apache rocks and it's easier to configure than you might 
> think.   
> The docs are really well written and all you really need to 
> do for virtual hosts is add a few lines to the httpd.conf 
> file.  Not sure what you're used to, but some people who are 
> used to IIS stay away from Apache because it doesn't have 
> fancy admin wizards.  It's really quite simple to do the 90% 
> of the stuff that most people have to do (virtual hosts, 
> default docs, etc.).
> 
> Prior to Apache 2 it had a pretty bad reputation on Windows, 
> but I think they've made it more a real production-level 
> product on Windows these days.
> 
> Matt
> 
> On May 19, 2005, at 4:00 PM, Dirk Meilinger wrote:
> 
> > Hey All,
> >
> > I'm been doing development on my laptop for a number of 
> years, mostly 
> > because I'm anal and want my code as close to me as 
> possible and not 
> > off on some remote server =).
> >
> > I run CF7 on XP, using IIS.  I have been very happy with this setup 
> > until recently when I started doing .NET development on the 
> same web 
> > server.  I ran into some (strange) issues running both at the same 
> > time, so decided to move off.  The problem with development 
> on XP is 
> > that it will only allow me to create one webserver, which is very 
> > frustrating.  For example, I am working on an existing 
> application for 
> > a client that has EVERYTHING pointing to the root of the 
> webserver, no 
> > dynamic paths for images, CFCs, etc.
> >
> > I am considering looking at Apache on XP so that I can 
> create separate 
> > web roots, has anyone tried this configuration for 
> development?  Any 
> > opinions on Apache on Window$ ?
> >
> > Thanks !
> >
> > Dirk
> >
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