Shoutbox

Not saying it isnt safer. i'm just saying u can hack anything. if u put same amount of hackers on to linux os as on a windows os it would be hacked.

Most popular server O/S ? thats true.
But let me see. you hear about hackers hacking sites all the time. and hosting is constantly being targetted.

but then how do u hack something in a Data centre ? behind a hardware firewalls?(remember its fully qualified professionals behind most servers.)

Why is it the most popular? Price.

PHP free, Support ? openly free, Projects and pre built software tons n tons of it.

Mysql, free.

perl, free.

apache free.

Automated hosting account creation n billing managers and anything esle u can think of. Its all there.
Linux has been used for hosting sites for years n years. same way windows has been used on desktops for years and years.
Hosting using open source is free. basically all your paying is server cost. try buying a copy of windows 2003 enterprise that removes a memory limited it costs thousands. why spend that for license on all your servers? when you can get free o/s to do same job?



server vs desktop , linux has always been known for server O/S. windows for desktop.

Main thing linux needs for major boost in the markets. is good hardware support + they need major game titles for they O/S.
Once that happens there's nothing stopping anyone switchin to linux.