Re: arguments against moving site from Linux/Apache/PHP server to Windows/IIS/PHP needed

* Thus wrote sebab@dialcom.com.pl (sebab@dialcom.com.pl): > > Wednesday, July 23, 2003, 3:33:48 PM, you wrote: > CZ> * Thus wrote sebab@dialcom.com.pl (sebab@dialcom.com.pl): > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have to convince one guy to not move our site from Linux box where > >> it runs with Apache/PHP + MySQL to Windows box where it's going to deal > >> with Windows 2k/IIS/PHP(CGI) + MySQL and I need really good arguments, > >> cause it's only way I can convince him (cause his position in company > >> is much stronger than mine). > > >> > >> I know that PHP under windows is intended to be used only as test > >> platform, but this is not enough to convince him. > > CZ> Perhaps back when php3 was new and apache was strugling with windows, > CZ> it was considered test platform. > > Maybe, I just remembered that warning and actually I can't find such > one in PHP manual/installation notes. > Does the same apply to MySQL? I have no experience with MySQL server on windows, therefore I can't comment on that. > > > >> > >> Can you help me? I need some reasons like things that won't work under > >> windows version of PHP (or at least MySQL) and that are not easy to > >> fix. I've already found that IIS doesn't provide > >> $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] but it's not too much work to fix that.. > > CZ> Its kind of difficult to come up with reasons not to use IIS without > CZ> knowledge of: > > CZ> 1. Who and what experience does he(she) have in administrating these > CZ> Windows servers. > > CZ> 2. What kind of application do you intend write in php. > > One of the reasons I (we) don't want to move to Windows and IIS is > that person being administrator of that box knows less than he thinks > he knows ;) and surely server is not well configured and protected.. That always seems to be the case... expecially when this issue comes up. > Beside that site now works on Linux server without any problems and > moving it will cause only pointless work. But moving to IIS is > decision made by someone "above" me so without good reasons against I > can't stop that. And believe me - there is really no need to move to > IIS. I don't understand then why they want to move, it seems that what you just said proves to be the strongest case... if it aint broke, leave it alone. I know this has been discussed plenty of times, have you searched the archives? There might be some good points made on this already. Curt -- "I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure."