Posted by Greg D. Moore \(Strider\) on 06/24/06 15:23

"metaperl" <metaperl@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Pros
> -------
>
> * Can optimize the hell out of the database because it does not have to
> accomodate different OSes
> * Code is probably cleaner - not littered with 80 million #ifdefs
> * No need to write the code to deal with various filesystem conventions
>
> Cons
> --------
> * Most cheap webhosts are unix-based (I think). You can use Oracle as a
> professional and still do your personal home hacking on oracle
> regardless of whether personal hosting is done on windows or unix. Not
> so with MS SQL.

While single OS may be a con, keep in mind that you can do a lot with SQL
Server also.

But there's a wide range of SQL Server versions that can run across all MS
OS's.

So I can hack at home one SQL Express and run a site on SQL Enterprise.

And these days there's a fair nubmer of cheap webhosts running Windows and
SQL Server.


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