Comment Re:Find a ecommerce package for Linux (Score 1) 194
I have a friend who has an ecommerce site on NT, IIS, and perl. He also had some Active Server Pages in there. Well it crashed, and he lost a number of sales. The reason, well best as he could track it, the ASP pages. He had to take them out. His entire setup would run better and more stably on Apache and Linux, versus IIS/NT. Now, yes that's just an opinion, but it's also the whole reason I'm interested in RedHat, and Debian, and Suse.
And any CGI/ASP page setup COULD if the user/author desired be ported to Servlets/JSP and it would run just as well, IMO, if not better. I would trust Linux to run large cgi scripts, servlets, JSP, Apache, better then NT anyday. I've seen NT crash a LOT. I've personally NEVER experience a Linux equivalent to the BSOD (an OOPs screen).
I ordered some recent computer parts from an online retailer who used NT and ASP pages. Not my preference, but they were a good company free to make their own OS decision.
On the other hand, I also believe in using the products you sell. And the fact that neither LSL nor the ecommerce site they use, use Linux (LSL uses FreeBSD) turns me off. But that's my preference. Everyone is free to make their own choice.
And any CGI/ASP page setup COULD if the user/author desired be ported to Servlets/JSP and it would run just as well, IMO, if not better. I would trust Linux to run large cgi scripts, servlets, JSP, Apache, better then NT anyday. I've seen NT crash a LOT. I've personally NEVER experience a Linux equivalent to the BSOD (an OOPs screen).
I ordered some recent computer parts from an online retailer who used NT and ASP pages. Not my preference, but they were a good company free to make their own OS decision.
On the other hand, I also believe in using the products you sell. And the fact that neither LSL nor the ecommerce site they use, use Linux (LSL uses FreeBSD) turns me off. But that's my preference. Everyone is free to make their own choice.
