Windows Server 2003+ vs. Linux Server?

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More specifically, Windoze servers are a "non-standard" standard which means you will need to know how they differ from linux servers just to keep from coding something that MS doesn't like or has decided it will not support in liu of what they consider proper... Sorry that was a long sentence, but I refuse to write code for windows servers, even to the point of refusing a contract. Linux is just so much easier to deal with, not to mention cheaper.