I've always have used a windows hosted server.
With very few problems as new releases come out since 1999.
Currently my only issue is to enable spider friendly urls I need access to "The PATH_INFO environmental variable must be available for this feature to function properly."
My host is unwilling to do so.
If your host provides the requirements for this software you should have no problems.
There is a small test script for your server
Here at the bottom of the page . This page also allows you to demo the software on ubbcentrals server
