On the other hand, if you were looking for a reason to learn something about Linux, this sounds like a perfect learning project. (It really is pretty awesome, IMHO.)
Good luck whatever you decide to do. -Lyle On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 7:41 AM, André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote: > Pierre Labrecque wrote: > I have read some > >> comments on the web that said that it’s a “heresy” to run Apache on a >> Windows 2003 system. >> > > You should not believe everything you read. > The comment you mention above is probably from a bishop of the Church of > Microsoft, or a priest of the Church of Open Source. Both these clergies > tend to be sectarian sometimes. > > Apache 2.x works fine under Windows. > > Just make sure you disable IIS. You cannot run both IIS and Apache2, in > their standard configuration (both listening on port 80) at the same time. > > Also, as long as we are talking about Windows, if running this Apache is > going to be the main thing on this server, you might as well have a look at > all the Windows Services that are started by default, and of which many are > unnecessary. Changing those from "automatic startup" to "manual startup" > will save you megabytes of RAM and millions of CPU cycles, to the benefit of > your Apache server. > Also beware of virus scanning services and other stuff that has no place on > a webserver. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > >
