Web-server software plays a large role in determining how quickly and how many browsers your site can service simultaneously. A web-servers primary function is to respond to a request from a browser, then determine weather to grant access to a desired item. Then it responds to the request by either returning a file, or an ... error message. The better the server the more quickly it can service a specified number of browsers. There are several different brands of web-servers, among them are the Zeus 4.0, and the Apache HTTP Server 1.3. Each of these web-servers has different pros and cons. Som...

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... , 2001). Today, most open source software outperforms proprietary software. Linux is as stable as a rock, and unlike Windows, almost never crashes. Apache, an open source, completely free system software for servers is the most popular such software available, owing to its stability and security (Edwards, October 1998, Netcraft, October 2001). QUICK AVAILABILITY OF UPGRADES AND FIXES Open source software development is ... ...

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... get Linux, they have got: " Development software including compilers, assemblers and debuggers " Text editors and text formatting programs " Usenet news readers and e-mail agents " World Wide Web development tools, web servers and browsers " Graphics creation and manipulation tools Linux can be installed on 32-bit x86 based systems, such as 386, 486. It is also compatible with Pentium, Pentium MMX, Pentium ... ...

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