<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hi Gary,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">IMO:</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I've been using:</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- Windows in its various forms for 17
years.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- Unix in a variety of versions for
17 years.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- Linux (Debian, Ubuntu and Redhat)
for 6 years.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- others e.g. MacOS, Mac OSX, VMS, DOS,
etc for a number of years.</font>
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<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">My preference is Linux. </font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- Debian on the servers (for stability).</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- Ubuntu on the desktop (for currency).
Ubuntu is based on Debian with 6 monthly updates.</font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Why?</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- The open source development model
tends to lead to more secure code (many, many eyes looking for bugs).</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- Projects are normally Standards based.
Therefore less susceptable to proprietry whims.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- The pace of development over the last
six years has been phenomenal.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- Debian derived projects have an excellent
package management system (apt-get) for keeping your systems current, upgrading
etc.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- Linux puts fun back into computing
if you're willing to read the manuals occasionally.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Bruce</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Hi everyone<br>
<br>
I need advice from the experts<br>
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I am running Windows Server 2003 with Apache and Mapserver.<br>
I currently have 9 sites running Mapserver <br>
<br>
The Center wants to move to Linux from SGI<br>
<br>
I want to run<br>
<br>
Mapserver with dbox (Steve, dbox run on Linux?)<br>
Mapserver as WMS feed to MapBuilder.<br>
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On the database side is it <br>
1. PostGIS or PostgreSQL <br>
2. PostGIS and PostgreSQL (think I have to run PostGIS as front to<br>
PostgreSQL).<br>
<br>
Question: <br>
What do I gain by going to Linux?<br>
What do I gain by staying in a Windows Environment?<br>
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Any thoughts appreciated!<br>
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