How to deploy a website with no Windows Server?

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I just demo'ed a product and the customer likes
it. The only problem is that they won't buy a
license for Win Server/IIS.

What cna i do? They've got WinXP, some basic
version. Can i still get IIS somehow to work?
Other webserver?
 
I just demo'ed a product and the customer likes
it. The only problem is that they won't buy a
license for Win Server/IIS.

What cna i do? They've got WinXP, some basic
version. Can i still get IIS somehow to work?
Other webserver?
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XP has IIS, but it is recommended to use server version for server
purposes. You can try to run ASP.NET on Mono
http://mono-project.com/ASP.NET
 
I just demo'ed a product and the customer likes
it. The only problem is that they won't buy a
license for Win Server/IIS.

What cna i do? They've got WinXP, some basic
version. Can i still get IIS somehow to work?
Other webserver?
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it works, but only up to 10 connections. arghhh what you do ? if you
get enough profit from it, host it elsewhere. if they are IT retarded,
they don't have to know it
 
in K Viltersten wrote :
I just demo'ed a product and the customer likes
it. The only problem is that they won't buy a
license for Win Server/IIS.

What cna i do? They've got WinXP, some basic
version. Can i still get IIS somehow to work?
Other webserver?
Click to expand...

You can use IIS on Windows XP *Pro*
By default limited to 10 requests but you can extend it up to 40 with
the following little vbs script :

Set o = GetObject("IIS://LocalHost/W3SVC/1")
o.MaxConnections = 40
o.SetInfo

I have such an application that works very well in small companies (a
few users but a lot of asynchronous calls to a web service)
 
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!> The only problem is that they won't buy a license for Win Server/IIS.

Are you, or they, aware that there's a Web Edition version of Windows Server 2003 ?

List price is only $399, as opposed to over $1,000 for the "Standard"
Windows 2003 Server ( you can probably get it cheaper than that ),
and it doesn't need any Client Access Licenses (CAL) like the Standard Edition does.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/pricing.mspx

Maybe they can spring for the lousy $400... ;-)

AT PC Universe, you can get it for $387.90 :
http://www.pcuniverse.com/Microsoft...nse-and-media-1-server-/P70-00275/pd/p4164442

Be aware, though, that you cannot install SQL Server on it.
You can, however, install SQL Server Express on it :

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/windowsserver/bb430828.aspx

Your cheap client will like that, since SQL Server Express is free ... ;-)

Lots of info on the Web Edition at that last link, btw.



Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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That's an interesting piece of information fred. Thanks for it
I wonder what is that '/1' at the end of the metabase path?
-Srinidhi
 
in Srinidhi wrote :
That's an interesting piece of information fred. Thanks for it
I wonder what is that '/1' at the end of the metabase path?
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If I remember well, it is the id of the website.
As only one is allowed in XP IIS, it should always be 1
 
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