Did Microsoft Buy Netcraft?
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| Here is the Netcraft survey and here is a Security Space survey. While
| Netcraft says Apache represents 51% market share and rapidly shrinking,
| Security Space puts Apache at 74% and growing! Netcraft says Microsoft IIS
| has 34% market share and is rapidly growing, Security Space pegs Microsoft
| IIS at 20% market share, as it continues to shrink.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000271
Microsoft Sales Tactics Breed Mistrust
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| Starting with Ballmer's most recent mouth-in-foot incident, he accused his
| own customers of having a liability on their balance sheets, but is
| apparently too cowardly to help the FOSS community rectify any potential
| patent infringement issues. Don't you get it? They don't want to resolve the
| problem. The problem is their golden goose! As long as they can claim Linux,
| or other parts of GNU/Linux systems infringe on Microsoft patents, they can
| continue overcharging, overselling and 'auditing' their customers.
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http://blue-gnu.biz/content/microsoft_sales_tactics_breed_mistrust
Related:
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
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