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August 1st, 2003, 02:15 PM

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Creating a server

Hello all, i wasn't too sure which forum to put htis messag in, but i am thinking of building a server, and i was wondering if anyone can help me out here. I was wondering what is the best OS to use for a server and why. I would geatly appreciate any info or opinions.

the server would need to support as many great languages as possible, as i like to learn more languages. Also security would be a big issue.

Than a bunch

August 1st, 2003, 02:24 PM

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I think you can get the most programming languages on a unix platform.
But if you want to do ASP or .NET, you´ll probably prefer a windows server. They are available for linux too, but the support is much more limited that on their native OS.

Security is another issue though. No OS and no server is secure if you don´t make it secure.
If you heard the story that some OS had only one security hole in the default installation over the last 10 years - They don´t run any services by default, that´s why

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