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[scohan]

A client has asked me to inform him about pros/cons of migrating a unix/oracle/jsp website to a MS platform. He feels he will save money using SQL Server vs. Oracle. The site deals with mortage broker/lenders and obtaining rate/loan info online. Any suggestions/pros/cons/tips on using a unix/JavaWebServer2.0/Oracle/jsp environment vs. a NT/IIS/SQL Server platform would be greatly appreciated.

If we stick with Unix, I'd recommend Linux/Apache.

Can JSP run on NT/IIS? I didn't write the code so converting it would be a big effort.

 

[iza]

i would suggest to stick to the unix ... option, as security holes are fixed faster and it's more stable
and yes jsp works the same for both platform - i've tried it - (java is supposed to be cross platform anyway) - but you may have to rewrite some html (jsp), depending on the BROWSER (CLIENT side) you're targetting

 

[wushutwist]

The biggest changes will need to take place in the data access portions of the code. I hope you are not using jdbc directly from your jsp pages because updating them could really get messy.
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