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Originally posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts
I used to program in Unix back in the MIT days. Let me tell you, it's no panacea either. I've looked at Apache. Talk about confusing to configure?!?
I've looked at mySQL (currently running this board). Not powerful enough to run Pelican's back-end.
Or perhaps I just don't know enough about it. But on the other hand, why learn something all over again, if the benefit is minimal. I guess that's why I don't quite understand what the benefit is of spending all that time learning a foreign language...
-Wayne
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These days Apache has one single configuration file. I am not a CS guy, and I can set it up no problem. It has matured quite well. If you run OS X, you can use the gui config and never touch the .conf file, although if you have some specialized needs then you need to tweak the file manually.
MySQL runs the backend for CBS's content management system, as well as other high-volume, high-traffic sites. It's not perfect, but pretty darn close, and bugs are fixed on the order of days as opposed to months.
cost-to-benefit is user dependent. But at some point, you have to decide if you want to cut your losses and start over. imho you can't make a silk purse (robust, low maintenance site) out of a sow's ear (MS products).