Sure thing vik13. I have to apologize to Lil_Rob for the rant on his thread.
For my simple answer to your question it's generally best to choose Linux if you don't have any specific windows requirements. This is just my personal opinion and no OS is definitely better then the other. It all depends on how the server is managed and secured.
Regarding my rant, I just want to make it clear that I'm not a big Microsoft fan but rather I just hate to see a company get tore apart for the wrong reasons. Code Red is a perfect example; if the administrators just patched their systems everything would be fine. Many didn't however and Microsoft had days of bad press as a result. If you want to hate them for anti-competitive practices or other reasons feel free but let's not judge a company for the wrong reasons.
For my simple answer to your question it's generally best to choose Linux if you don't have any specific windows requirements. This is just my personal opinion and no OS is definitely better then the other. It all depends on how the server is managed and secured.
Regarding my rant, I just want to make it clear that I'm not a big Microsoft fan but rather I just hate to see a company get tore apart for the wrong reasons. Code Red is a perfect example; if the administrators just patched their systems everything would be fine. Many didn't however and Microsoft had days of bad press as a result. If you want to hate them for anti-competitive practices or other reasons feel free but let's not judge a company for the wrong reasons.