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Let me clarify that I have worked in the capacity as a Unix sysadmin before. I am a *nix purist and do not like running windows. I run it under vmware mainly as a curiosity and "oh look, windows in a window" type of thing.
That being said I do not see the point in running a commercial repackaging of open source software that I can install myself from source, or in a binary package. For instance, if you are running Debian or RedHat, installing the binary version of Apache,Perl, and MySQL is VERY easy. Also in FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD the ports tree is very convenient and easy to use.
If you are on Solaris, or just want to install from source that is easy enough. Mainly I just don't see any point in using a commercial version, and I don't know if I would trust their modifications. Really it is just an opinion, but one I know most of my *nix sysadmin friends would adamently agree with.
-hunter.
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 07:10:29PM -0500, Urb LeJeune wrote:
>
> >If you have windows and you want to play with Apache/MySQL/Perl on that, I
> >would say this is a good idea. However if you are running a *nix variant,
> >I would suggest just using straight MySQL, Perl, and Apache installs.
>
> When you start NuSphere there are sever menu items to test the various
> components. There is even the ubiquitous Perl hello word script.
>
> I'm just curious why you wouldn't use the Unix variant to install
> the package in
> one shot? I haven't done it yet so I would appreciate your insight.
>
> Urb
>
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