__/ [ John Bailo ] on Tuesday 06 February 2007 02:33 \__
> The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
>
>> One should also note that Windows is on the second most
>> reliable server on that list as well -- www.web.com .
>> Linux is on www.iWeb8.com, the third most reliable server.
>>
>> Windows wins this round.
>>
>
> Or Netcraft has been co-opted and is hence, no longer reliable.
Netcraft's formula has been cracked. Their figures, which were once
meaningful, are now being gamed.
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?
|
| 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
If I were Netscraft (been in touch with them before), I'd change the way
stats are being collected. They currently lose reliability/reputation.
People game their system in the same way people mess about with Alexa
'traffic' ranks.
http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/12/16/netcraft-alexa/
http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/10/24/alexa-rank-myth/
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