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  • Brad Tilley

    win 2003 server

    Does Python run on Windows Server 2003?

    http://www.python.org/download/download_windows.html only lists the
    following:

    Python for Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME, XP
  • Peter Hansen

    #2
    Re: win 2003 server

    Brad Tilley wrote:[color=blue]
    > Does Python run on Windows Server 2003?
    >
    > http://www.python.org/download/download_windows.html only lists the
    > following:
    >
    > Python for Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME, XP[/color]

    I'm fairly sure "Windows Server 2003" is in no way significantly
    different from one or more of the above items you list. It's
    not like Microsoft has gone and developed yet another operating
    system! It's a certainty that its biggest feature is that it
    will confuse some corporate buyers into "upgrading" , thus boosting
    MS revenue for another quarter...

    If you have a copy, downloading and installing a copy of Python
    would be the most direct route to proving that theory.

    -Peter

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    • Brad Tilley

      #3
      Re: win 2003 server

      Peter Hansen wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
      >> Does Python run on Windows Server 2003?
      >>
      >> http://www.python.org/download/download_windows.html only lists the
      >> following:
      >>
      >> Python for Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME, XP[/color]
      >
      >
      > I'm fairly sure "Windows Server 2003" is in no way significantly
      > different from one or more of the above items you list.[/color]

      That's the list from Python's Windows Download page... not my list.
      [color=blue]
      > If you have a copy, downloading and installing a copy of Python
      > would be the most direct route to proving that theory.[/color]

      I'm buying a new server. I want to make sure Python will run on the OS.

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      • mensanator@aol.com

        #4
        Re: win 2003 server

        FWIW, I ran Python on Windows Server 2000 without any problems.
        It was interesting to see the program that made my workstation
        slow to a crawl not make any of the 4 processors reach 100%
        utilization.

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        • Tim Peters

          #5
          Re: win 2003 server

          [Brad Tilley][color=blue]
          > Does Python run on Windows Server 2003?[/color]

          Do you mean Windows Small Business Server 2003, Windows Server 2003
          Web Edition, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Windows Server 2003
          Enterprise Edition, Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition, or Windows
          Storage Server 2003?
          [color=blue]
          > http://www.python.org/download/download_windows.html only lists the
          > following:
          >
          > Python for Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME, XP[/color]

          When you've been around Windows long enough, you'll understand why
          your question reads to us like my question above reads to you --
          "what's the difference?!" <wink>.

          Here's a still-partial list of Windows versions Python runs on:

          Windows 95
          Windows 95 OSR2
          Windows 98
          Windows 98 Second Edition
          Windows Millennium Edition
          Windows NT 3.1
          Windows NT 3.5
          Windows NT 3.51
          Windows NT 4.0
          Windows 2000
          Windows 2000 Professional
          Windows 2000 Server
          Windows XP Home Edition
          Windows XP Professional
          Windows XP Media Center Edition
          Windows XP SP2 (several flavors)
          Windows Small Business Server 2003
          Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
          Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
          Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
          Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
          Windows Storage Server 2003

          The longer this goes on, it seems the more names they give to each
          flavor. The only interesting (wrt Python) categories are < 95, and >=
          95. All the above are in the latter category, and so will be every PC
          OS MS releases in the forseeable future (including 64-bit Windows
          variants).

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          • Brad Tilley

            #6
            Re: win 2003 server

            Tim Peters wrote:
            [color=blue]
            > Windows XP Home Edition
            > Windows XP Professional
            > Windows XP Media Center Edition
            > Windows XP SP2 (several flavors)
            > Windows Small Business Server 2003
            > Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
            > Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
            > Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
            > Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
            > Windows Storage Server 2003[/color]

            Why not put that list on the Python Windows Web site so the suits in IT
            management (who have the final say on things) will be more likely to OK
            Python as a scripting environment on Windows? IMO, it's silly to list
            Windows 95 and not list Windows 2003 server. Why not just shoot yourself
            in the foot?


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            • Jeremy Jones

              #7
              Re: win 2003 server

              Brad Tilley wrote:
              [color=blue]
              > Tim Peters wrote:
              >[color=green]
              >> Windows XP Home Edition
              >> Windows XP Professional
              >> Windows XP Media Center Edition
              >> Windows XP SP2 (several flavors)
              >> Windows Small Business Server 2003
              >> Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
              >> Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
              >> Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
              >> Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
              >> Windows Storage Server 2003[/color]
              >
              >[/color]
              <troll>
              [color=blue]
              > Why not put that list on the Python Windows Web site so the suits in
              > IT management (who have the final say on things) will be more likely
              > to OK Python as a scripting environment on Windows? IMO, it's silly to
              > list Windows 95 and not list Windows 2003 server. Why not just shoot
              > yourself in the foot?
              >
              >[/color]
              </troll>

              <counter_trol l>
              <flamebait>IT managers who have made the decision to use MS Windows
              (especially the server lines) deserve the productivity of their people
              using only VBScript as a scripting language and are unworthy of
              receiving the benefits of Python. IT managers who do not know the
              difference among the different Windows lines deserve the productivity of
              their people using only batch scripts and are doubly unworthy of
              receiving the benefits of Python. References to Windows versions of
              Python should be removed from the Python site altogether.
              </flamebait>
              </counter_troll>

              Seriously, it could just be that the page just hasn't been updated
              lately. Windows 95 _did_ come before 2003 server.

              yes-I-was-totally-and-sarcastically-kidding-ly y'rs,

              Jeremy Jones

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              • Grumman

                #8
                Re: win 2003 server

                Brad Tilley wrote:[color=blue]
                > Does Python run on Windows Server 2003?
                >
                > http://www.python.org/download/download_windows.html only lists the
                > following:
                >
                > Python for Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME, XP[/color]

                I certainly hope so, I've got several critical windows services, written
                in python, running on it for many months now. :)

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                • Ian Parker

                  #9
                  Re: win 2003 server

                  In message <0-GdnfNAPrb1XxfcR Vn-sw@powergate.ca >, Peter Hansen
                  <peter@engcorp. com> writes[color=blue]
                  >Brad Tilley wrote:[color=green]
                  >> Does Python run on Windows Server 2003?
                  >> http://www.python.org/download/download_windows.html only lists the
                  >>following:
                  >> Python for Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME, XP[/color]
                  >
                  >I'm fairly sure "Windows Server 2003" is in no way significantly
                  >different from one or more of the above items you list. It's
                  >not like Microsoft has gone and developed yet another operating
                  >system! It's a certainty that its biggest feature is that it
                  >will confuse some corporate buyers into "upgrading" , thus boosting
                  >MS revenue for another quarter...
                  >
                  >If you have a copy, downloading and installing a copy of Python
                  >would be the most direct route to proving that theory.
                  >
                  >-Peter[/color]

                  Python certainly does run on Windows Server 2003, as does win32all (or
                  whatever it's called nowadays). Think of Windows Server 2003 is simply
                  XP for servers.

                  Regards

                  Ian
                  --
                  Ian Parker

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