wanna rub the LAMP?

LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQl, and PHP(sometimes substituted with Perl or Python). It is essentially an open-source compilation of OS, server, database, and development language that is used to develop and maintain servers and web sites. Many websites today are built around the components which comprise LAMP. That is due to a variety of reasons. One reason is because it is open source (no buying of commercial software). Another is because it is considered pretty stable.