Windows 2003 server

[piersk]

Has anyone used this yet? What did they think about it?

I only ask since the company that I work for has set aside some money to upgrade from 2000 to 2003 if its worth doing.

I now declare this discussion to be open

[planetsim]

arrgghh windows.

runs and hides

I actually know a few people who use it, they think its pretty good, but they love micro$oft.

As for my opinion, ive never actually used it, but ive seen it used, doesnt look that bad at all.

[Bunkermaster]

i get an evaluation CDE on friday and I have a Microsoft expert sitting next to me at this very seconds. I could ask him to answer with a few words.

His explanation of the IIS structure gave me a hard on though (ewwww)

[piersk]

I'm probably gonna hat myself for asking this but how can talking about IIS give anyone a hardon?

(also, whats so special about it?)

[Sxooter]

What gives me a woody is knowing I can assault my Apache server with 100 simos in the middle of the day, and while it may slow to a crawl under enough load, it will never just crash and die.

Plus, the apache source code is a thing of beauty. You could teach a college class on coding using 1.3.x as a subject matter.

[piersk]

Whats that got to do with windows 2003?

[Sxooter]

What? You're in the Echo lounge and you expect conversations to stay on topic?

bwahahaha.

But seriously, it's got everything to do with it. Windows is still designed in such a way as to collapse under load mysteriously, and that's why I don't use it.

[jimson]

windows 2003
well, IMHO, unless u got a > dual processors pc, otherwise, don't run it. It won't optimize in a single processor.

i haven't try the 64. i don't have 64 processor... 🙁
installation is ok... still need couple of minutes...
configuring ... like the xp, nt ....bla..bla ...bla, not too hard, but not too easy also.

If ur company server run win2000 or NT 4.0, then, it is perhaps i think the best time to move into win 2003.

anyway IMHO, the win2k... sucks.. and shouldn't be build and installed.
i think ur company could stand a very long way in win2003.
maybe can patch it until 6 or 7 like NT.
and default configuration is more secure now.
basically, i am more to BSD, i don't like linux, winbox and ....
i'm still gaining knowledge to develop my own OS... code name "phpX2".

there are lots of crazy ideas in the Redmond now for the Longhorn... animation, flashy interface and ...(which basically, i just turn it off)...
i don't know what they want an OPERATING SYSTEM to be in the future?

[Mordecai]

I bet you could fit a small hobbit in a computer case.

[piersk]

Yes you probably could, btu that doesn't really answer my question now, does it...