[thelist] Linux/PHP/MySQL advantages over WinNT/ASP/MSSQL?

aardvark roselli at earthlink.net
Wed Oct 4 14:33:36 CDT 2000


> From: Lauri Väin <optima at hot.ee>
>
> Quoting aardvark: "better is irrelevent... more appropriate is relevent... ".

thanks...

> Windows just wasn't designed to run for 'always' and to be a network computer,
> with the exception of WinNT which is really trying and doing OK, but could be
> better. Still, Win and other MS products are pretty good

it was designed for just that, and with a good admin, will do just 
that... that isn't opinion, that's experience... i've seen NT handle 
things it never should have... and i've seen it die for no reason... it 
all comes down to admin skills...

> Aardvark wrote:
> > ASP is a server side
> > technology (which can run on linux, too); linux is an OS... also
> 
> Really? Several sources have told that ASP can be only run on Microsoft
> products.

ChileASP! is one... there are at least two others, but i can't 
remember 'em off the top of my head...
 
> By reading your posts, I think that I'll go with the standard. Now, can anybody
> name the URL's of good tutorials on ASP. For now, I need to learn the basic
> stuff, like displaying form data, mailing it, adding it to a database and simple
> mathematical functions.

these should get you started...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting
http://www.aspin.com/
http://www.devx.com/
http://www.asp-zone.com/
http://www.15seconds.com/
http://www.asp101.com/
http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/
http://www.asptoday.com/
http://www.aspwatch.com/
http://asphole.com/
http://www.activeserverpages.com
http://www.learnasp.com (see above)
http://www.asplists.com
http://www.aspadvice.com/
http://www.aspalliance.com/ (see above)

Professional Active Server Pages
ISBN: 1-861000-72-3

Professional ASP Techniques for Webmasters
ISBN: 1-861001-79-7

plus, there are tutorials on the evolt site, and a few ASP monkeys 
here as well... and we even answer stuff, too...




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