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annabelle
I would like to know what is the altrnative for PWS in
win XP ...
win XP ...
J
Jetro
Annabelle,
Open Add/Remove Programs/Add/Remove Windows Components and install Internet
Information Services (IIS), WWW Service at least, then find IIS snap-in into
Administrative Tools.
Open Add/Remove Programs/Add/Remove Windows Components and install Internet
Information Services (IIS), WWW Service at least, then find IIS snap-in into
Administrative Tools.
G
GTS
Right, but note that this is available only in XP Pro. If you have XP HOME
you'll have to use a 3rd party web server.
you'll have to use a 3rd party web server.
J
Jetro
Lord, can Microsoft be more consistent and give us ONE workstation OS only?
;o)
;o)
D
Dusty Harper {MS}
Microsoft caters to many needs. Home edition is targeted to PCs running at
home. Professional is targeted to PCs running in a work environment. With
the explosion of people running multiple machines at home, the lines have
rather blurred. This has been the way for quite a while ( the Win9x line of
products was geared more toward home use ) and the NT line was geared toward
the business use. The merging together of the code base with Windows 2000
now requires Microsoft to make distinctions between the home product and the
business product.
PWS on a Home machine is frankly not the best idea from a security
standpoint.
home. Professional is targeted to PCs running in a work environment. With
the explosion of people running multiple machines at home, the lines have
rather blurred. This has been the way for quite a while ( the Win9x line of
products was geared more toward home use ) and the NT line was geared toward
the business use. The merging together of the code base with Windows 2000
now requires Microsoft to make distinctions between the home product and the
business product.
PWS on a Home machine is frankly not the best idea from a security
standpoint.
J
Jetro
Since the first day of XP I could never quite get such explanations as
"merging the code requires Microsoft to make distinctions between the home
product and the business product". WTF is this?Or you merge the code, or
not. Anyway moving from W9x to XP Home is not an easy and obvious task for
any user, so why not moving to XP Pro directly and stop playing this +/- $40
per license game? Moreover, the newbies don't have neither bad memory nor
previous experience nor personal preferences. They're not biased and would
learn XP Pro as quickly as you, me, and anyone else
"merging the code requires Microsoft to make distinctions between the home
product and the business product". WTF is this?Or you merge the code, or
not. Anyway moving from W9x to XP Home is not an easy and obvious task for
any user, so why not moving to XP Pro directly and stop playing this +/- $40
per license game? Moreover, the newbies don't have neither bad memory nor
previous experience nor personal preferences. They're not biased and would
learn XP Pro as quickly as you, me, and anyone else
G
GTS
I rarely address Microsoft policy and business issues in these newsgroups,
and am anything but a Microsoft basher, but your post is so egregiously
dishonest and misleading that I will make an exception.
Firstly, XP Home and Pro are NOT separate product lines like 9X and NT.
They are built on the same code base. XP Home is an intentionally crippled
version of Pro with core features and functionality stripped out for
marketing purposes. This was a way for MS to offer a lower priced version
to PC OEMs and a higher priced version to business customers. It also
provides some additional cash flow from users who unwittingly pay the lower
price for the Home version and later find a need to upgrade to Pro ending up
with a higher net cost (most often students who later learn their
University required domain connectivity, and home/business laptop purchasers
for similar reasons). Even your point about PWS on a home machine is
misleading. Home users, on any version, use web servers almost exclusively
for Web development, not for actual hosting (in which case even XP Pro would
not really be suitable).
MS has every right to differentiate and price it's products as it sees fit.
Most home users will not find the Home edition inadequate. BUT please don't
insult the intelligence your audience by misrepresenting the technical facts
and deceitfully presenting a marketing decision as a technology issue.
--
and am anything but a Microsoft basher, but your post is so egregiously
dishonest and misleading that I will make an exception.
Firstly, XP Home and Pro are NOT separate product lines like 9X and NT.
They are built on the same code base. XP Home is an intentionally crippled
version of Pro with core features and functionality stripped out for
marketing purposes. This was a way for MS to offer a lower priced version
to PC OEMs and a higher priced version to business customers. It also
provides some additional cash flow from users who unwittingly pay the lower
price for the Home version and later find a need to upgrade to Pro ending up
with a higher net cost (most often students who later learn their
University required domain connectivity, and home/business laptop purchasers
for similar reasons). Even your point about PWS on a home machine is
misleading. Home users, on any version, use web servers almost exclusively
for Web development, not for actual hosting (in which case even XP Pro would
not really be suitable).
MS has every right to differentiate and price it's products as it sees fit.
Most home users will not find the Home edition inadequate. BUT please don't
insult the intelligence your audience by misrepresenting the technical facts
and deceitfully presenting a marketing decision as a technology issue.
--
D
Dusty Harper {MS}
I never stated that it is a separate product line. XP is a result of
merging the 9x and NT code bases. If you ever tried running games on NT, it
was often painful, and if you tried to secure 9x, again it was a pain. Not
everybody need the functionality of Professional. And to some people the
price difference is significant in the decision.
Not once in the post did I mislead, nor dishonestly make any statements (
that I am aware of ). It still stands that Microsoft caters to many needs,
and Microsoft deemed it necessary to have both Home and Professional.
As for unwittingly buying one, and needing the other, there is more than
enough information out there to assist the buyer with the proper decision,
as well as ways to get trial period software to verify it meets your needs.
merging the 9x and NT code bases. If you ever tried running games on NT, it
was often painful, and if you tried to secure 9x, again it was a pain. Not
everybody need the functionality of Professional. And to some people the
price difference is significant in the decision.
Not once in the post did I mislead, nor dishonestly make any statements (
that I am aware of ). It still stands that Microsoft caters to many needs,
and Microsoft deemed it necessary to have both Home and Professional.
As for unwittingly buying one, and needing the other, there is more than
enough information out there to assist the buyer with the proper decision,
as well as ways to get trial period software to verify it meets your needs.