Date: 2007nov6 Q. What's the best platform for a website? A. The answer is LAMP which stands for: L = Linux (operating system) A = Apache (webserver) M = MySql (database) P = PHP, Perl, Python (programming language) It works for large or small sites. There are books and online tutorials about each of these parts and about it altogether. Here's our quickie tutorial: 1. Install Linux When you install Linux you get all this stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnGvLSBL20g