Windows Server 2003
I started a new fast track class at Palomar today for Windows Server 2003 which looks like it'll be a really interesting class. I also get a demo copy of Windows Server 2003 with the book so I'll be installing that on one of my spare hardrives in my computer soon. I just installed Fedora Linux on Sunday but since I'm not real experienced with using it, I wasn't too impressed once I started actually using it. I think if I was hosting some things off of the OS it might be better but it just didn't live up to what I thought it would be capable of.
The Server 2003 class should be very educational and at the end I can take the MCSE test for certification for the Windows Server 2003 platform which would be nice to have even though I plan on going for the programming route. What will be nice is being able to setup a web server here in my house that can support .Net 2.0 development and databases so that I can really start working with ASP.Net 2.0 applications. The ones I've been building lately have had to be databaseless or else I'd have to start finding someone to host the databases separately.