Google moves the numbers, press panics
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| Supposedly the big news coming out of LinuxWorld today is that Microsoft’s
| IIS server is “catching up” to Apache.
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| Bunk. Apache’s share is declining because Google has switched its own servers
| to its own flavor of Apache — the Google Front End server — which makes
| extensive use of AJAX and server-side Java for faster page loads.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1292
It's funny how the press turned it into a Microsoft publicity stunt.
Related:
April 2007 Web Server Survey
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| In the April 2007 survey we received responses from 113,658,468 sites,
| an increase of 3.2 million sites from last month's survey. Apache
| continues to be the most widely-used web server, powering more than
| 66.9 million sites, compared to 35.3 million sites using Microsoft
| server software.
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http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2007/04/02/april_2007_web_server_survey.html
Open Source Fights Back
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| Question: The OpenSourceParking.com announcement cites a Netcraft
| report, which found that GoDaddy.com's migration from Linux to Windows
| caused Apache to lose server share. Was this event the sole impetus
| for OpenSourceParking.com?
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| Perens: Not the first. It's part of a continuing behavior pattern by
| Microsoft that I think it's fair to call "dirty fighting." GoDaddy was
| using Apache (I assume on Linux) because it was a great technical
| solution. They didn't switch to IIS on Windows Server 2003 for any
| technical reason. The switch was accompanied by a press release by
| GoDaddy, containing Microsoft promotional language. Now, I've changed
| many servers from one thing to another, but I've never made a press
| release about it. GoDaddy wouldn't be doing that unless Microsoft had
| offered them something valuable in return. There has been talk in the
| domain business that Microsoft has been offering the large domain
| registries a wad of cash to switch their parked sites. There is no
| other reason to do this than to influence the Netcraft figures.
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http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=15108
Apache Software Foundation: 2007 Open Source Outlook
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| Open Source is enjoying a fabulous ride, with F1000 adoption
| growing, developers and architects seeking training and new
| projects incubating and maturing all the time.
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http://www.oetrends.com/news.php?action=view_record&idnum=554
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