Windows Incompatibilities Frustrate D.C. Schools

capouch writes "The Washington Post reports that school administrators for the DC public school system are having an awful time getting their new administrative software to work properly." From the article: "'In my experience, the combination of an Oracle database, Windows operating system, Unix hardware and an Apache webserver is a bad combination,' Barlow wrote in the memo to Thomas M. Brady, the school system's chief business operations officer. 'In fact, through our research the last few days, we have found an advisory on the Apache website that states, 'Please note that at this time, Windows support is entirely experimental and is recommended only for experienced users.' The Apache Group does not guarantee that the software will work as documented or even at all...Barlow said officials plan to replace Windows with a different operating system."

Comments

So what's Apache's problem?

[lseltzer]

How many years now has Windows support been experimental? Obviously they aren't serious about supporting Windows. If the school district feels they have to use Apache then they should run their web servers on something else, but that has little to do with the rest of the infrastructure.

Vista

[amichalo]

Windows support is entirely experimental and is recommended only for experienced users.

I was on a support call with a company last week. They actually told me that in order to correct the issue I was having with resetting my password on their website I needed to reboot my Windows XP box and try logging into their website again. Not just logout or even clear my browser cache or cookies...I HAD TO REBOOT! (Actual issue was the support person was sending me to the wrong web application but that's not the point.)

Goes to show that the article is right, Windows support is entirely experimental.