Microsoft Impresses
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I am so darn impressed with microsoft. I started becoming very happy today when I decided to change my test server BACK to IIS7. This has been a game of back and forth for me, along with my IDE of choice for programming. I either get tired of having an Apache2/XAMP installation on a non-C:\ hard drive, and then re-install IIS7. Going back to XAMPP, I find some flaw in IIS7 environment that isn’t compatible to my Live Servers. Usually I just didn’t know every little thing like I tend to understand apache. I did find a way to convert .htaccess into a web.config, so that the urls will work in rewriten manner.
Interoperability has always been a main focus for microsoft though.
Why Is Interoperability Important?
The cloud works because all your consumable data is fixtured around the web, and this includes movies, music, emails. The web is about Mashing it us. Blending everything together to create the most efficient user interface to display the data.
So I guess Windows support for PHP has gotten a lot sweeter. Just having PHP/CGI available on Windows Server is cool, but without security it doesn’t matter whats ‘cool’. I have noticed that Microsoft has been picking up open-source values along with their addition of opensource language support. They have free Anti-virus software that runs smoothly, and can scan your computer without loosing a bunch of system resources.
It’s called Security essentials, and it locks into windows like the Defrag tool. It’s so nice to have seemlessly available software products. Like the IIS, it’s easier most of the time to have a windows tool installed rather than a 3rd party one. Tons of 3rd party software took off because there were many things that windows didn’t do easily.
I am beginning to see a huge change with windows. Not just Windows the operating system, but Microsoft on the whole. It’s a good change because when vista came out it was the first time I saw laptops with Unix alternatives available. Along with Apple OSx taking hold on the Mac, and having quite a large following. Unix was beginning to have many different theme and desktop environments available. Making linux/Unix more user friendly than ever before.
With Linux they have an application called ClamAV, and this is because linux can get viruses/rootkits too. Not just windows, and I believe that there can be bad code executed in Apple os’s as well. So windows does have an advantage now. It’s supporting free Anti-virus just like Linux does.
When I think about that for a minute, I can’t believe that I a saying this. I think I am going to become a windows guy. Across the board. With website being on IIS7 for my websites, on the server side. And Windows systems for my laptops. It’s just easier for once to have Windows across the board.
Another cool thing, IE9 will be providing HTML5/CSS3 support finally to join the rest of the pack. Just like all the big bois like Chrome, Opera, Safari, Firefox, Flock, Web-kit, and mobiles. Internet explorer has been taking it’s big Boy pills, but still has a hard time even launching in IE9 beta. I will keep my eye open for that area to become the best,But I know it will. So far I am cool with Office, Desktop, and soon with be using Microsoft Server along with the browser. :)
