OSS Web Stacks Outperformed by .Net?

Gimble writes "eWeek has an article up that looks at the performance of portals using open source stacks and comparing them to their MS equivalents. The article's conclusion is that .Net outperforms the open source stacks, mainly because of its tighter integration, but also notes that running the open source stacks on Windows (WAMP) delivered strong performance." From the article: "Based on our forays into user forums for many top open-source enterprise applications, there are many IT managers attempting to run open-source products on Windows servers--attracted, no doubt, to the benefits and efficiencies of using open source without having to become Linux administrators. The results of our WAMP stack tests indicate that these folks might be on to something."

Comments

Re:I'm going to have to use the /. rule of thumb

[ArsonSmith]

Everything MSFT does is to benefit the stock holders through locking the "customers" into their system.

Newsflash: Everything every publically held company does should be to benefit the stock holders.

so you must be a stock holder because obviously a customer would never defend them this way.

Re:Short memories

[tomstdenis]

Even if that was true I'd still rather have a proper UNIX environment anyways. Not to mention a real multi-user OS without shelling out huge dollars. Oh and the development tools and ...

If you buy Windows to run AMP servers ... you're wasting your money. Linux and BSD are more efficient to work with in server contexts, work better with 64-bit processors [Win64 is a huge compatibility joke atm] and don't require you to call India each time your HD breaks and you need a re-install. Heck, in BSD/Linux doing a ghost of your system is as simple as burning a tarball to a DVD. No need for 3rd party ghosting tools and praying that Windows lets you "get away with" using your OS...

Tom