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[Yewondwossen Assefa]

Hi Tim,
> There are hundreds more good reasons, I could go on all day, but I 
> will leave you with this last gem:
>
> - Almost every FOSSGIS project's developement effort that I am aware 
> of happens principally on linux. When things go wrong developers are 
> much more amenable to helping because the are on 'home turf'. Speaking 
> personally, if someone reports a QGIS problem on windows, I usually 
> groan inside and have to be really motivated to dig out a mothballed 
> windows xp virtual machine to look at the problem....
>
  I think It is a bit harsh :) I agree that most developers are on Linux 
for OSGeo projects but at the same time all mature projects have been 
working on both Windows and Linux (and mac) machines for years and that 
is one of their strength.
I can definitely speak for MapServer as a developer that the windows 
version is well supported and works as well as any platform. It has been 
used for years in production environment through MS4W 
(http://maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml)  which  has about 3000 downloads 
a month.

I don't strongly feel one way or the other about deploying OSGeo tools 
on Linux or Windows. I believe people should deploy it on the 
environment of their choice. As OSGeo developers, I think we should make 
sure that the tools work as advertised on all platforms.

regards,

Assefa



> Regards
>
> Tim
>
>
>     Sarel Coetzer | GIS Developer
>
>     Malaria Research Programme
>
>
>
>     On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Gavin <gavinjfleming at gmail.com
>     <mailto:gavinjfleming at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hi Sarel
>
>         I have had experience with Hetzner in Germany and DataPro in
>         Cape Town. Hetzner with dedicated servers and DataPro with a
>         clients' own servers.
>
>         Offshore hosting has the advantage of negligible bandwidth costs.
>
>         I have come across a couple of North American services that
>         cover the mapserver and postgis part of your stack, not sure
>         about the MS though.
>
>         I have generally done full management along with Tim Sutton
>         (Linfiniti) or directly with my clients on the following stack:
>
>         Ubuntu server
>         PostgreSQL/PostGIS
>         MapServer/Mapnik/GeoServer/QGIS map server
>         Python (mainly Django)/php(a little)
>
>         A few of us (AfriSpatial and Linfiniti so far that I know of)
>         are offering / keen to offer hosting solutions on more or less
>         the above stack so please continue the discussion on or off
>         list. These would most likely be VPS or shared servers.
>
>         It would also be interesting to see your results if you're
>         planning to share them.
>
>         Gavin
>
>
>         On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 12:18 +0200, Sarel Coetzer wrote:
>>         Hi There 
>>         I am currently documenting and listing hosting solutions
>>         in (Africa or European) that caters/supports the following
>>         stack: 
>>         *_Stack:_* 
>>         OS: MS 2008 R2 
>>         Mapserver 
>>         PostgreSQL 
>>         PostGIS 
>>         PHP 
>>         I am interested in VPS, shared or dedicated servers.I would
>>         like to know your experience with the hosting source aswell.
>>         Any info will be great. 
>>         Your assistance will be appreciated 
>>         Regards
>>         Sarel Coetzer | GIS Developer
>>
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