Reliability is a primary consideration in choosing enterprise software, and as the most reliable Windows Server yet, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 stands out from its competition as an excellent foundation. With an even stronger code base than Windows Server 2003 and a broad range of reliability features,Windows Server 2008 is an excellent choice to develop, deliver, and manage rich user experiences and applications you can count on.

In this paper, we compare the capabilities of Windows Server 2008 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for building reliable enterprise solutions. (A comparison of Windows and Linux in terms of delivering that reliability is timely, with both Microsoft and Red Hat recently introducing major releases of their flagship server operating systems.)