Posted by Brent Baisley on 03/30/05 17:03

I've used Macs for a long time and think it's a great client and OS.
The GUI stuff they have for the server I think is great too. But when
considering the best OS for a server, I would hardly recommend it,
except from an ease of use and setup standpoint. Apple is still coming
up to speed on all the underpinnings, partly because of the changes BSD
is going through (i.e. changing the threading model). Tiger I think
will be a big boost and the planned eventual transition to gcc 4 will
be an even bigger boost.

I read an article recently that compared MySQL and other software
performance on various operating systems, including Windows, Solaris,
FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and Linux (gentoo). Linux pretty much stole
the show, mainly because of it's threading design. Using Linux threads
on BSD improved performance on BSD systems. While OSX wasn't tested,
you could extrapolate where it might fall in the review since it is
based on BSD.

http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/27/1243207&from=rss


On Mar 29, 2005, at 11:10 AM, Gerald Artman wrote:

>
> I would recommend OSX
>
> Top ratings on security compared to Linux or Windows
> Fast processors in many configurations, most include 1000T
> Starting at $500 to $3500 for up to +15MIPS performance
> Excellent GUI interface
> Supported by Apache, PHP, MySQL and comes pre-installed
>
>
> Jerry Artman
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