[thelist] Hosting at Home

[Shawn K. Quinn]

On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 19:28 +0000, Chris at globet.com wrote:
> Shawn
> 
> > GNU/Linux is a great choice for a server, as are FreeBSD and 
> > OpenBSD. I would strongly urge you not to even attempt to use 
> > Windows for a server.
> 
> May I ask which version of Windows you are referring to, and why you
> would advise against using it as a server?

Any of them, and due to the poor security track record of Microsoft
(evidence of which can be found by either searching the Web, or watching
the confused look on people's faces when you talk about "the Internet
worm" using those words and intending to refer to the original Morris
worm) and my personal experience with versions up to and including
Windows 2000 Professional.

-- 
Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at speakeasy.net>