http://apache.slashdot.org/apache/07/08/06/138220.shtml
Go IIS! After having to administer 3-4 IIS boxes, I can honestly say it's really easy to administer/manage. Much easier than Apache. :)
I personally prefer Apache, because I find it way easier to manage Linux than Windows, especially remotely.
But big deal, it's gained by like 2%. Wake me up when there's a big change :P
Quote from: iago on August 06, 2007, 12:18:15 PM
I personally prefer Apache, because I find it way easier to manage Linux than Windows, especially remotely.
But big deal, it's gained by like 2%. Wake me up when there's a big change :P
When there's millions of webservers out there, 2% is a pretty big number in terms of computers. =P
I'm pretty sure if Mac OSX or Linux gained 2% of the market, everyone would go apeshit.
However, it's somehow unimpressive for IIS. Go figure.
Quote from: Warriorx86] link=topic=9953.msg126471#msg126471 date=1186419432]
I'm pretty sure if Mac OSX or Linux gained 2% of the market, everyone would go apeshit.
However, it's somehow unimpressive for IIS. Go figure.
Yes, all Linux and Mac people are idiots. Duh.
The difference from 31% to 33% is nothing compared to the distance from 4% to 6%. The numbers may be the same, but a 50% increase is much more impressive than a 5% increase.
Quote from: iago on August 06, 2007, 01:00:32 PM
Quote from: Warriorx86] link=topic=9953.msg126471#msg126471 date=1186419432]
I'm pretty sure if Mac OSX or Linux gained 2% of the market, everyone would go apeshit.
However, it's somehow unimpressive for IIS. Go figure.
Yes, all Linux and Mac people are idiots. Duh.
The difference from 31% to 33% is nothing compared to the distance from 4% to 6%. The numbers may be the same, but a 50% increase is much more impressive than a 5% increase.
Calling 4% to 6% an achievement seems to be grabbing at straws to me, it may technically be a 50% gain but when you actually look at the numbers they're both equally impressive.
I hold Mac/Linux in the same position I hold IIS and Apache. They both have an uphill battle and they both are progressing at a slow rate. Recently however, IIS has shown a much more accelerated growth when compared to Mac OSX which has stagnated in growth (rougly a 1% over the course of a year if I remember correctly) and even more recently gone down in usage by half of a percent.
I'm sure if Apache were in the situation IIS is in, and Apache made these gains there would be much more fanfare then there is for IIS. It all boils down to the mindset that OSS=Good MS=Bad.
I don't think anybody would care if, for example, Firefox went from 26% to 28%. People care more when something is tiny, then any change is a big one.
It should also be noted that Microsoft has a marketing department and Apache doesn't, all Apache has is loyal fans. That's gotta count for something. :P