Php Vs Asp

[+mrcpu]

I looked at the forum status page and noticed that the testing of 100 "hits" per second on the forums didn't even make the server sweat. I was wondering if perhaps there were any plans to save money and improve performance by moving the entire site over to L.A.M.P. (Linux Apache, MySQL, PHP/PERL).

[Jeremy]

Here's a shocker: This site is running Windows 2000 and IIS. Oh no!

 

If it was an ASP vs PHP argument, I'm all over PHP. But dot net takes it to another level altogether.

 

Am I poking the Lx monster? But seriously, it isn't the language but how it is written that counts.

[+jeff35080]

IIS

 

 

<---- Linux ninja

[+mrcpu]

Here's a shocker: This site is running Windows 2000 and IIS. Oh no!

 

If it was an ASP vs PHP argument, I'm all over PHP. But dot net takes it to another level altogether.

 

Am I poking the Lx monster? But seriously, it isn't the language but how it is written that counts.

That's not that much of a shock. I've used PHP on windows and of all places, Netware! As for the XML processing, .NET probably does this a bit better but I did write code to take GPX files and turn them into LDAP objects and back again.

 

I know based on benchmarks I've seen that you can get more horsepower out of the same hardware when you run a *nix on it. Plus you get a more secure (as in no monthly service packs!) platform.

 

Above all of this, there is the cost argument. Your IIS server license alone is a couple of grand, plus the dev tools and I'd hate to know what MS-SQL is costing you!

 

 

Just throwin in my $0.02 worth. BTW the forums look awsome!!!!! Maybe this is better because you now have full control over the box and the software.

 

Cheers,

[Jeremy]

Maybe this is better because you now have full control over the box and the software.

Amen, brother.