UNIX web hosting is a very popular web hosting option that is used by millions of web users. The UNIX web hosting service is quite cheaper, reliable, and stable when compared to some other web hosting services. Today, there are a lot of free packages of UNIX operating system as well as the UNIX web hosting services available on the internet.
UNIX is an also an open source operating system. This reduces the cost of UNIX web hosting service and makes it more reliable as this software is developed by many web programmers. Linux is a UNIX variant, and is developed and released under the GNU license, which is available free of cost. Any programmer can access the source code and add features, modify the software to make it more reliable and attractive, can make it more secure, can fix any bugs, and add more features to it.
UNIX web hosting service is also more flexible and very stable. UNIX operating systems and the UNIX-based web hosting supports many web tools and applications, for example, the PHP, Perl, MySQL, CGI-BIN, and other such tools.
It is very difficult to run Windows-based website on a UNIX-based web server. However, a UNIX-based website can easily run on a Windows-based web server. But, if you want to run Windows-based website on a UNIX-based web server, then you need to redesign your website according to the UNIX web server’s specifications. This may consume a lot of time and also a lot of money, thus making it more expensive. It is still a better choice to design your web site for just one of these two web hosting operating systems from beginning of your website’s design and development. Then, concentrate more on the other important tasks of design, content, advertisements, marketing, and sales using your website. This approach will surely make your site a success on the internet.
The choice of using UNIX or Microsoft Windows operating system depends chiefly on your budget, and on which databases and scripts you wish to use for your website. It is a fact that both these web hosting types are very popular and extremely powerful, and will remain so for a long time to come.
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