Go Microsoft!

[Void Main]

http://news.netcraft.com/

In the November 2003 survey we received responses from 44,946,965 sites.

Apache has a significant percentage gain this month as register.com, a leading domain registrar with a domain parking system serving responses for over one million domains eliminated its Windows front end, and reverted to Linux and Apache which it ran previously. Barely weeks ago its largest rival, Network Solutions made a similar switch from Microsoft-IIS back to SunOne, nee Netscape-Enterprise, for its own domain parking system.

During 2001 and the first half of 2002 several companies hosting very large numbers of hostnames including Webjump, Namezero, Homestead, register.com and Network Solutions migrated to Microsoft-IIS. Subsequently these businesses have either failed, significantly changed their business model, or reverted to their previous platform, and Microsoft-IIS share is now in line with its long term pre-summer 2001 level of around 20%.

Hmmm, what's the problem here? Is the TCO too high or is it that the software just plain sucks?

[Ice9]

Both maybe?

[Calum]

everybody knows the TCO of microsoft's software is much lower than the free stuff, haven't you seen the statistics?

it's obvious that free stuff costs more, since you don't have to pay for the software, the software itself is more logical, useful and reliable and the staff who support it are generally older and/or more knowledgeable... hey! wait just one cotton picking... that can't be right!

[X11]

The only problem is old people are getting old and retireing and more and more fresh young MSCE's are going to come out and splooge there crap ideas for what software they should be running to the managment.

Microsoft have there brainwashing right into the public schooling system telling people who want to be in IT to get MSCE's. Cisco also have this kind of support, except Cisco are 1337.

[Void Main]

I am ashamed to say that I am Cisco certified. I don't even know why I mention it as it is as irrelavant as an MCSE. Cisco is very much like Microsoft in more ways than 3.

[X11]

True, they do nearly own the entire networking marketshare.

They dont seem to be buggy like Microsoft though.

[Void Main]

They dont seem to be buggy like Micro$oft though.

Ahahahah!!! Ohohohohoho!!!! My sides hurt on that one!!! :) Cisco software is even buggier than Microsoft if you can imagine that one. In many cases open source software kicks the crap out of both of them.

[X11]

They dont seem to be buggy like Micro$oft though.

Ahahahah!!! Ohohohohoho!!!! My sides hurt on that one!!! Cisco software is even buggier than Micro$oft if you can imagine that one.

I deal with Windows at home, and keeping it secure on a day by day basis.

So no, I cant imagine buggier.

[Void Main]

I deal with Windows at home, and keeping it secure on a day by day basis.

Now why the heck would you subject yourself to that kind of torture? Did you forget that you have a choice?

[X11]

I deal with Windows at home, and keeping it secure on a day by day basis.

Now why the heck would you subject yourself to that kind of torture? Did you forget that you have a choice?

It builds a strong charictar, a slightly insane knife weilding in the Microsoft Building chasing around programmers (or in there case investors) type of charictar at that.

Its my brothers Computer that is the problem.

[Linux Frank]

http://news.netcraft.com/archives/web_server_survey.html

For those who need these figures digested. The actual numbers show a drop of 200K since this time last year, and something in the region of >1.5Mil since this time two years ago. Just incase anyone is asleep, the number of websites is growing and they are actually hosting fewer websites. Apache has increased by more than this number.