Re: linux or windows

I don't count this as 'voluntary', except in the sense that I wasn't forced at the point of a gun, but I can say that it is possible to back a Django site with SQL Server. I do not recommend it, and the details vary based on which particular stack you are running.

My recommendations are: don't, if you don't have to; if you do, pay attention to your firewall, and do not blindly apply OS patches. Of course, the same can be said for any of the Unix flavors, but production Windows is substantially less pleasant to administer, in my experience, and the patch policy reflects limiting Microsoft's exposure to bad press, which is not the same thing as production sites' best interest.

This is my own opinion, I do not speak for anyone else.

-j

On May 31, 2013, at 6:27 AM, Javier Guerra Giraldez <javier@guerrag.com> wrote:

> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 7:55 AM, Mike Dewhirst <miked@dewhirst.com.au> wrote:
>> I don't know of anyone voluntarily using Windows as a Django production
>> server platform.
>
>
> not sure if it counts as "voluntarily", but if you _have_ to use MS
> SQL Server, the DB client options on Linux aren't getting any better,
> so soon the best option will be to put the appserver on windows too.
>
> so it seems a very good reason to avoid MS SQL Server. it's sad,
> since that was by far the best server product from MS. Fortunately,
> the other big DBs (PostgeSQL, DB2, Oracle) count Linux frienship as a
> core strategy
>
>
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