<div>Some great input guys. Many thanks for taking time to respond to this. From the external links provided it does sound like MapServer is the better option for most requirements.</div>
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<div>Jon-Paul.</div>
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<div>On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Yves Moisan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yves.moisan@boreal-is.com">yves.moisan@boreal-is.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">There have been lots of comparisons done, just Goggle mapserver vs geoserver.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">IMHO the big differences are:</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in"><span style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><span>-<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Platform: C/C++ vs Java</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in"><span style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><span>-<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">GeoServer WFS-T Support (although see TinyOWS for WFS-T and MapServer)</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in"><span style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><span>-<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">GeoServer GUI-based configuration (vs mapfiles)</span></p>
</div></blockquote></div>You may also be interested in the 2010 WMS shootout results : <a href="http://2010.foss4g.org/wms_benchmarking.php" target="_blank">http://2010.foss4g.org/wms_benchmarking.php</a> See the link at the bottom of that page to the PDF for results. That's one "neutral" comparison, albeit for one aspect of things : WMS performance.<br>
<br>My 2 cents.<br><br>Yves<br></div></blockquote></div><br>