Hi all

Could someone please tell me the pros and cons of windows and unix, Good points and bad points etc.

Please give me constructive points so that I can form an opinion. Not Unix Rules:agree: - :disagree: Windows Sucks sort of thing.

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Well does this have anything to do with reselling unix or windows? Doesn't seem so... but I could be wrong.

Chicken

Yes, Sorry, I didn't word it very well.
I want to get into reselling and so have been hanging around reading posts and looking at old posts but I couldn't find any comparisons between Windows And Unix.

Hope this clears up any confusion.

On price comparison, Windows based hosting costs more than unix/linux hosting. :)

Synergy got a point.
Linux and most of the software for it is free
While Windows is very expensive.

So if you use linux you'll spend less and make more.

There is also the obvious advatages of linux:
- speed
- cost
- realibility
- stability
- speed
- security
- just get linux

also windows sucks.

oops, sorry, wasn't supposed to say that... :)

*nix can stand alone for months to years without reboot.
Windows? Ugh..I never heard that Windows can stand alone for months without reboot.
Sometimes I heard that you need to reboot Win NT server twice a day :stickout

In other word: *nix more stable than windows.

To tell you the truth, its more about how NT is setup. I have seen some NT machines go on without a reboot for months. But there are more which need the reboot. Its all about the setup.

Hello
Why not offer both?

Lots of people in the UK want Windows hosting so we offer it (although it mainly sells under our UK brand).

Personally I wouldnt use it myself, but its better offering it than losing a sale.

Gordon

One thing you have to look at is whether or not you'll be able to find a decent reseller control panel based on NT. I doubt it, but with Linux, there are several good panels that would allow you to take control of your business and not rely on your host to do all the simple tasks.

Hello
Most hosts seem to be doing their own control panels.

I decided to resel NT space rather than investing in the servers, the demansd is just not high enough.
I buy it in from Centralinfo.net who have a control panel where you can add accounts automatically.

There is also a CP for the end users:
http://hostroute.com/support3/controlpanel.html

It hangs together OK but its not as good as things like Cpanel3.

Gordon

My major beef with win32 is your are stuck with one vendor... micro$oft.

The thing I never liked the few times I've experimented with Windows-based servers is that I always seem to run into trouble with Perl and PHP scripts. Of course if you want to run ASP scripts that's a different story, but as a reseller you'll undoubtedly have customers that want to run some Perl script they found on the 'net somewhere, and the potential for problems with an NT/Win2K platform is something to consider.

When I was on NT (as a user) I had constant problems with permissions for perl scripts. It seemed like I had to call my host about once a week to get them to change something amounting to hours on their toll free line (for a shopping cart, for a search script, etc.) I even had to call them when I wanted a directory to be password protected, each time. It was probably simple problems 99% of the time, but since it was NT there was no way for me to do anything about it or investigate what the problem was, so I had to email and explain, let them try to fix it, explain if it was still not fixed, get them on the phone, etc. Now that I've been on Linux with telnet access and error logs to debug scripts, set my own permissions, etc. and have a nice control panel, I have never called my new host in 9 months. So though it may be a way down the road, when I start reselling seriously, I would definately offer Linux as the default with the tools they need - everyone saves time and customers feel much better being able to do it themselves.

Hello
I have ben looking at putting in an NT server this week and the costs were astronomical.

By the time I had bought into one of the control panel systems and added the necessary mail and FTP servers the bill was up to nearly $3000.
This compares to Linux servers where my initial set up costs are nearer $300.

Plus there are a lot more security issues with Windows.

Still thinking about what to do.

Gordon