Mac OSX might be the way to go it's based on a good platform If this is to be a business and you need backers use something that is not FREE. The backers will not see your point of view where open source is concerned. sam listmail at brentfriedman.net wrote: >I am about to set up a new venture using Linux servers. I have used >everything from slackware to debian to ubuntu for personal and non-public >server use, but I haven't set up any "live" servers with Linux since >Redhat switched to Fedora Core. The servers will be running a php web >service, with a mySQL back end. > >I will not be the main admin for these boxes, as I will be pretty busy >with the business end of the venture. I am looking for a distro that has >as automated a update/patch installation system as possible, whether free >or less than $500/server/year. Also, it would be helpful if the update >system was GUI based. Any suggestions about what you are using in a >production environment would be really helpful. > >As a follow-on question, I plan to pick up a few Dell Poweredge 2650 dual >xeon systems on ebay. Any thoughts on these systems running linux? > >Thanks, > >Brent Friedman > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > >