> Sure nobody is really running any PHP sites on Windows boxes, but they're sure as hell developing on them.
First part is somewhat false. Second part is very true.
Having developed, provided, and commercialized a WAMP server that was started in 2003 (http://www.devside.net/server/webdeveloper) I've gain some knowledge of who uses PHP on Windows.
Everyone. In all kinds of situations. There is absolutely nothing lost between hosting Wordpress on Windows vs. Linux. Security, performance, maintainability, etc.
I've also found that around 2009, half of the Apache, MySQL, and PHP downloads from their official sites where for the Windows builds.
These numbers have only gone up since then.
The Windows platform for PHP is critical to the health of PHP. Loose it, and you've lost half of the developers and about 30% of the production deployments.
First part is somewhat false. Second part is very true.
Having developed, provided, and commercialized a WAMP server that was started in 2003 (http://www.devside.net/server/webdeveloper) I've gain some knowledge of who uses PHP on Windows.
Everyone. In all kinds of situations. There is absolutely nothing lost between hosting Wordpress on Windows vs. Linux. Security, performance, maintainability, etc.
I've also found that around 2009, half of the Apache, MySQL, and PHP downloads from their official sites where for the Windows builds.
These numbers have only gone up since then.
The Windows platform for PHP is critical to the health of PHP. Loose it, and you've lost half of the developers and about 30% of the production deployments.