by ascheinberg » 05. August 2005 14:46
Gmail is in beta. Google Maps is in beta. Microsoft has a hundred web pages in beta.
That's the cool thing to say nowadays - to claim your software is not production ready. XAMPP is used exclusively on our intranet system, and it's a charm. I'm sure there are plenty of reasons why not to use XAMPP, but by the same token, there are reasons not to use Apache, PHP, IIS, Windows, MySQL, PostGres, MSSQL, etc.
Make sure you have run the security program. Turn off network access to MySQL. Make your passwords strong. Make sure you delete unecessary tools, like maybe the entire /xampp folder. Get rid of phpsqliteadmin if you don't use it. Block off WAN access to phpMyAdmin. You'll be fine.
(This post is beta quality. Use this advice at your own risk)