Using Python for my web site

[Conrad]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:14:03 +0200, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:

> northband wrote:
>> Hi, I am interested in re-writing my website in Python vs PHP but have a
>> few questions. Here are my specs, please advise as to which
>> configuration would be best:
>> 
>> 1.Dell Poweredge Server, w/IIS, currently Windows but considering
>> FreeBSD
> 
> I may be a bit biased, but I would not run a web server under Windows...
> 

That's not biased - that's just good sense. When I started in
this business, there was a saying "Nobody ever got fired for
recommending IBM" - even though there were sometimes better
solutions, IBM was the politically safe choice. Windows has now 
filled that niche, sadly. BSD is a hard sell in many shops,
and it has nothing to do with it's merits, which are considerable.
When you consider that you can build a BSD server with the
kernel stripped down to exactly the pieces you need, and load
only the packages you need, when you consider that the BSDs have
dominated the netcraft uptimes charts, one wonders just what
process is gone through to EVER select a Windows server platform.
I want, no, I demand a server to be secure, stable and efficient. 
On all three criteria, Windows loses hands-down.


>> 2. Site consists of result pages for auctions and items for sale (100
>> per page)
>> 3. MySQL (Dell Poweredge w/AMD) database server connected to my web
>> server
> 
> Have you considered Postgresql instead ?
> 

Ditto - I don't mind MySQL for serving up fairly static content,
but when the transactions get a bit more rough and tumble, I've
been very satisfied with PostgreSQL.