On 23/05/11 13:31, Mark Rogers wrote:
I'm nearly there now though, having installed an alternative to the wonderful "notepad", a database server (MySQL), a web server (Apache), and an office suite (LibreOffice). Oh, and a task scheduler (nncron) and half a dozen other things.
Hmmm so MySQL, Libreoffice, Cron and Apache....so why is this a Windows server again ? :)
On 23/05/11 13:36, Tim Green wrote:
So long as the server is x64 and not Itanium there shouldn't be anything stopping you running the 32bit app on your 64bit server. MS Office 2010 is still 32bit and runs fine on x64.
Yes and if only that were completely true.
Unfortunately I have encountered amongst other things 3rd party apps and services that simply will *not* run on a 64bit build of Windows (including a couple of .net ones). Some printers (big office ones too expensive to change on a whim) that are 32bit drivers only so using it as a print spooler is out (plus it is grief to deploy drivers to 32bit clients from a 64bit print server anyway, if you are using the AD push method). Something using a version of the borland DB engine that won't install on 64bit. Service contracts for expensive software that strictly forbid installing on anything other than 32bit and subtle differences in the way security is handled between the 32bit and 64bit builds of *MS-SQL that break some 3rd party software.