dev environment

[Zi Jong]

hi
I want to know what is the prefered operating system to use for developing
..net applications.
windows 2000?
windows 20003?
windows XP Prof
or any other.
thank you.
Zi

 

[SS]

Why Windows server 2003 is prefered over XP

1) MSMQ v.3.0 available with windows server 2003, XP comes
with v.2.0 and don't support a lot of the queueing features
2) IIS v.6.0 provides better security through feature like
Application Pooling
3) IIS v.6 provides the ability to configure IIS settings
as a xml file
4) Win2K3 comes default with .NET Frmk v.1.1
5) Cannot use load balancing / application center with XP
6) Win2K3 is less influenced by virus and more secure (in
so many ways)