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This question, the answer to that is obvious to an experienced webmaster might be put to a standstill newcomer.

Below, a comparison of the two most popular platforms - UNIX, and Windows supported by the overwhelming majority of providers. Just an attempt to dispel some misconceptions regarding these platforms.

One of the biggest misconceptions among newcomers - that you have to run the site on the platform, which was used in the design, ie, if it is placed on the project under the UNIX server, then it needs to be developed on the machine under UNIX. This is not the case. The operating system on which you are working on your computer, creating a site that can be anybody.

Accessibility hosting platform

In recent years, providers have made every effort to facilitate the administration of clients and sites under UNIX and Windows machines. Today there is no difference between these platforms relative to the simplicity and ease of use. If you - and the advanced user to use shell, select UNIX. However, if you are a newcomer, you will find on both platforms user friendly control panel with a web interface.

Hosting Reliability

Specialists agree that UNIX is more reliable. However, my personal experience 3 - IIS 3.0 years of operation under Windows NT 4.0, shows that the reliability of Windows platform can be significantly closer to UNIX. In far more impact on the reliability of the proficiency of staff. This means that you can decide on the choice of platform, given the differences in the first features of other platforms.

Performance Hosting

There is not any significant difference between the two platforms on the performance on tasks hosting.

Functionality hosting

This factor, the platform on which the two differ most. But there are not many tasks implemented on a single platform, and which can not be sold to another. The main difference is how to achieve this result. For example, if your site uses a database, you can use a link PHP / MySQL under UNIX or ASP / MS SQL for Windows. The trend develop solutions that will be supported on both platforms. For example, Microsoft FrontPage, and supported UNIX and Windows.

The cost of hosting

Here UNIX has an advantage due to the fact that, firstly, the majority of UNIX software products distributed under a license free of charge, and secondly, to UNIX is much easier to achieve the same level of reliability and performance than Windows.

If you definitely do not plan to use technologies and solutions, supported only Windows platform (see below), it likely makes sense to choose the UNIX platform.