Battle of Web Hosting Platform
Posted in Web Development Tips on May 20th, 2010 |
Years back, consumers were mainly split between two main groups, aggressively debating among themselves which giant Hosting platform should be recognized as the best hosting platform of all time, be it “Windows Vista or Mac OS X”. Strongly backup by the immutable Apple marketing ideology, Mac managed to out-shine itself with competitively positioning itself in the limelight. Years later, the creation of Linux had taken the world of hosting platform by storm and you can easily find that many web professionals with great future vision had moved out of their current hosting platform and moved into the latest platform on Linux.
Operating systems are generally unique and highly diverse among one another, as each of the operating system strongly emphasize the strength and uniqueness of their operating system in the industry. Having a web hosting company to host your website is common today but what is the right type of platform should one choose for their online business used?
Let’s review some of the key criteria and valid justifications which are important to drive the long existence and longevity of these 3 main hosting platforms and hopefully we can identify the best web hosting platform with consensus soon.
Pricing Differences
First of all, the price or cost of the Hosting platform will never be transparent to any consumers. For competitiveness in cost, Linux has been widely recognized as one of the most affordable hosting platform with a wide range of functionalities and features because of it being an Open Source system. On the other hand, Windows and Mac are more expensive due to the licensing cost which consumers need to pay for from Microsoft and Apple respectively.
OS Reliability
Next, let us focus on the stability of the platform itself. Again, Linux appear to be the winner when it comes to stability and because of this criteria, hosting experts have recommended Linux to be the most suitable platform to be used for hosting. Nevertheless, Windows seem to be still struggling with improvements in this scope for Windows has often being complained of being less stable and common issues such as Blue screens, system hang, system crash are among some of the very common problems reported on Windows.
User Friendly
User-friendliness is another well sought after criteria for a hosting platform in the society today. More and more users are seeking for solutions which are simple and easy to learn and manage at the same time. For ease of use and user-friendliness, Windows will be the winner because it is using Graphical interfaces which are furnished with buttons and easy guided instructions for users to navigate from one screen to another. On the contrary, Linux is more suitable for programmers and developers who have some sound basic knowledge of technical skills to be able to operate Linux operating system.
Flexibility
Flexibility. When we talk about flexibility, Linux is probably the hero again because Linux operating system is fully bundled for novice used as well as those with great programming knowledge. It is widely used in home as well as within multinational companies. The strength of Linux here is in its ability to enrich your operating system experience in providing endless degree of flexibility for your system and application enhancement. There are a huge variety of the latest software and hardware utilities, tools, applications which are available for everyone from Linux open source system.
Security
Last but not least, security is another key area where users are focusing and concern on. Probably one of the most trust-worthy benefits and strength of Linux is its high security features and support which makes it an unfavorable victim for virus attack, security breaches, or system hacking ever since it was launched as compared to the frequent incidents being logged for Windows being down due to virus attack, system being hacked and many other security issues which potentially threatened the market position of Windows.
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