Windows Servers
Recently I received an RFP from an agency looking to change hosting providers along with their web site. It looked like an attractive job until I came to the lines that read something to the effect of “must use Windows 2003 Server”, “must host an MS SQL environment” and “must be prepared to migrate to .NET”.
I tossed the RFP. What a waste.
Then I came across a great quote on Paul Graham’s web site, from a talk he gave at OSCON 2005:
At this point, anyone proposing to run Windows on servers should be prepared to explain what they know about servers that Google, Yahoo, and Amazon don’t.
I couldn’t have said it better myself.
