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Sometimes we may be feel hesitate when try to decide which website hosting providers as lots of these companies are around the market. Commonly, there are two different hosting plans - window website hosting and linux website hosting. Well, I believe window web hosting is not a strange name anymore. In term of charge rate, window website hosting usually more expensive due to licensee issue from Microsoft. But in term of services and features, both of them are quite similar. Following I will bring you guys to understand more about window website hosting and linux website hosting.

Since a decade ago, Microsoft has been active in the operating systems market. Nowadays, almost 90% of the computer terminals using Microsoft products and due to this significant monopoly by Microsoft, most people already implant a mindset of using Microsoft Windows. Window Based server is about 20% less than the total websites on the internet. This is mainly due to linux website hosting equally able to provide the similar result with lower price.

A few reasons attract people to use window website hosting:

1.net technologies including ASP. Window website hosting has.net technologies including ASP.net whereas linux web hosting do not have it. This feature is necessary if you want to set up website which requires.net technologies and ASP.net.

2. Access Database. Window web hosting has this option. This option only compatible and only available on window web hosts but not on Linux Hosts.

3. MSSQL. MSSQL is an enterprise class database which set up by Microsoft. linux web hosts also have this feature which only is common enterprise class database. If you really require Microsoft's MSSQL enterprise class database, then you have to go for Window Hosts.

4. Share points Service. For Window Hosts, it has its own share points feature which is known as 2003 Frontpage. This feature only available on Window Hosts.

After reading the above, I would like to bring your attention to Linux Hosts now:

1. Free of Charge Enterprise Class Website. Basically linux web hosts are open source platform where everybody can install and use it. It offers lots of major services for free. It can link together with other services like Apache, MySQL and PHP in order to provide infrastructure for many high traffic websites.

2. Better PHP. As in compare between Linux Host and Window Host, Linux Host can run better PHP. But if the PHP scripts are in heavy load, then there will be no much different between them.

3. Cheaper Rate. As in overall, Linux Host is cheaper by 20% than Window Host.

So a conclusion, if your website utilizes lots of Microsoft based technologies. Then Window Host is more suitable for you. And if your website utilizes other technologies, then Linux Host will be more suitable for you. Furthermore, you can save more by using Linux Host.