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Comparison of World Wide Web Servers

MacintoshWindows/NTUnix
AdministrationVery EasyEasy to Less EasyMore Difficult
PerformanceLuke WarmGoodVery Good
SecurityBest OverallReasonable if Set Up ProperlyReasonable if Set Up Properly
Server SoftwareWebStar
NetPresenz
Sonic
Web for One
WinHTTPD
Novell NLM
Netscape
Microsoft
HTTPD
Apache
Netscape
Microsoft
CGI LanguagesPerl
Applescript
Frontier
C/C++
Java
Perl
Batch
Visual Basic
C/C++
Java
Perl
UNIX Shell
Other Shell
C/C++
Java

NOTE: This list is not exhaustive and attempts to summarize these issues from a the perspective of a novice Web site administrator.

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 Created: September 25, 1996  Modified: October 25, 1996
 Version: Copyright 1996 by the University of Florida
  Author: Richard Rathe, MD / rrathe@dean.med.ufl.edu
Location: http://www.med.ufl.edu/medinfo/amia96/servers.html

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