[Zope] Windows vs. Linux

[Julian Melville]

One consideration is if you are planning to use some sort of relational DB
behind Zope, you should probably put Zope on the platform with the best
connections to that DB. I've had very good results with SQL Server and Zope
on Windows 2000, equally good results with MySQL and Zope on Debian.

Other than that it's probably what you're happiest with admin'ing. Zope on
Windows is easy to install and runs nicely as a service but you have to be
happy with it all living on one place.

On Linux you have a choice of using the version of Zope that comes with your
distro, which will have all the right permissions and startup scripts sorted
out for you but may not be the most up-to-date version -- or going from
source, meaning you might have to carve out some of that stuff by yourself.
If you're up for that then it's no sweat, if it's your first time out you
might be in for a bit of work. On Debian (Woody) a couple of apt-gets will
set you up with Zope 2.5.1 in ten minutes flat.

Either way, you can always swap later, as other people have indicated.

Cheers,

Julian.