[Tfug] linux to windows web host

[keith smith]

Why PHP?  If they like windows why not dot net or ASP?
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Keith Smith


--- On Tue, 12/29/09, Nathan England <nathan at paysonlinux.org> wrote:

> From: Nathan England <nathan at paysonlinux.org>
> Subject: [Tfug] linux to windows web host
> To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
> Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 2:39 PM
> Hello Hello,
> 
> I have a large (150k+ lines) web application I've developed
> for internal use 
> in a non-profit. I currently run it on a linux distro
> developed and maintained 
> by myself specifically for my web applications and several
> other things. My 
> current employer is not very linooks friendly and wants it
> running on a 
> windows server 2003 machine. Currently, I utilize apache,
> php, perl, openldap, 
> mysql, maybe some others and all the libraries needed for
> php-ldap, php-mysql 
> and ... you get the idea. All the wonderful stuff us linux
> guys take for 
> granted.
> 
> So, I'm wondering. The rationale behind moving it to a
> windows system is 
> simply for backup purposes, so they say, regardless, I'm
> the employee so I 
> need to make this happen. 
> 
> Should I ... ?
> 
> (A) install VirtualBox on this machine, load my linux and
> everything else onto 
> that and go to town...
> 
> (B) install cygwin and everything I need in that and fix
> anything that gets 
> borked....
> 
> (C) Install apache, mysql, perl, php and others? in windows
> natively and hope 
> for the best... 
> 
> I would like opinions as well as any useful info you might
> be able/willing to 
> contribute!
> 
> Nathan
> 
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