Which Operating System is better, Linux or Windows?

The Platform You Choose Matters

Two Web Hosting platforms dominate the market - LINUX and Windows. What you are trying to achieve determines where we put your site. Each platform has its own strengths. We listen to your goals and determine which platform best suits your needs. Here is a quick overview of the strengths of each platform.

The Linux Operating System

Linux servers are known for reliability. They are stable and never crash. Linux servers are capable of hosting thousands of web sites on a single server without slowing down. Windows servers slow down under heavy load. Linux servers run without a problem. Linux servers run trouble free for years. This is why professional hosting services tend to use Linux servers for web hosting. The Internet was built on Linux servers. Linux servers have been around longer than the Personal Computer. Over the years Linux has been refined to the point where it is crash proof.

Linux is free. It is popular among colleges and universities. You can easily find free software for Linux. There are thousands of free programs and utilities available on the Internet. For example, two of the Internet's most popular programming languages PERL and PhP are free. A culture has grown up around Linux. It's common for people to develop Internet applications only to offer them free of charge. These applications can be installed on Linux web servers without obligation. No matter what your need, you can probably find a free Linux program that will fit your application.

We recommend Linux hosting for reliability. We also recommend Linux for sites that have PERL or PhP applications.

The Windows Operating System

Windows Servers are the big brother to the Windows operating system found on all Personal Computers. The difference between Linux and Windows hosting platforms is a programming language called ASP. ASP (Active Server Pages) allows sites to interact with databases.

ASP delivers databases to the web. Web databases represent the newest and most powerful sites on the Internet. ASP sites more closely resemble software than web sites. We deploy small databases using Microsoft Access, the popular component of Microsoft Office. When a database is large and/or critical we move it into Microsoft SQL Server, a dedicated server just for databases. The combination of Microsoft Web Server and Microsoft SQL Server is the professional way to deliver software on the web.

We recommend Windows hosting for sites looking to extend their capability with ASP programming and databases.