“The existence of Linux is inevitable in the realm of LAMP based
web development. It is more than incomplete to talk about LAMP
without the operating system–Linux. Although Apache, mySQL and
PHP/Python/Perl are equally capable of running over non-*nix
machines too, Linux predominantly holds a larger share in terms of
developers’
choice. Hence the acronym–LAMP.“So, where lies the difference? What is that one-great-thing
which is tempting the users and developers to talk about Linux? Is
it just the low acquisition cost and access to the source
code…?”