SearchOpenSource: Open Source Servers Serve Up Challenges

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 3, 2006

[ Thanks to Jane Walker for this link.
]

“Open source software is certainly a wonderful evolution in
computing, but even if you’re a savvy PC user with a lot of
commercial software experience, the job of installing and running
open source on a server can be a daunting experience. Here’s my own
vignette.

“As an experiment, I recently set out to install Mambo, an open
source content management system, on a PC running Windows XP
Professional. I’m a fairly geeky PC tinkerer and have been for more
than 20 years. I’ve also used lots of open source applications on
the desktop, so I figured I could muddle my way through the
process…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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