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[Greg Rundlett (freephile)]

/me resisting all impulses to call IIS names...

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Néstor <rotsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> I believe that  something like 60% of the market uses Apache, that is why I
> go with apache

Actually it's 54%, but who's counting ;-) [1]  Still, that's twice the
nearest competitor and so you're logic (go with the leader) stands.
A patchy server [2] still leads the pack.

I'm a proponent for freedom in technology, and so I'd always favor
Linux / Apache and freedom software where choice is possible.
Interestingly, the Netcraft survey shows nginx [3] gaining popularity.
 nginx and "lighty" certainly have been gaining popularity from where
I stand.

[1] http://news.netcraft.com/archives/web_server_survey.html These are
only statistics.
[2] http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2000/02/34302
[3] http://wiki.nginx.org/Main



>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:05 AM, David Krings <ramons at gmx.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 1/14/2010 9:30 AM, tedd wrote:
>>>
>>> At 6:34 PM -0500 1/3/10, David Krings wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 1/3/2010 5:41 PM, Hans Zaunere wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh my :)
>>>>
>>>> That applies to IIS, right? I just have to ask the question: can't you
>>>> just use a real web server that actually works, like, let's say,
>>>> Apache? I 'work' with IIS at work and it is a totally dysfunctional
>>>> kludge.
>>>
>>> I have a client who is setting up a server and is going the IIS route.
>>> What advice do you guys offer? Should he do it or change to Apache
>>> instead?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your comments and advice.
>>
>>
>> I find Apache way easier to administer than IIS. You may also want to take
>> a look at this article
>>
>> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/eWEEK-Labs-Bakeoff-Open-Source-Versus-Net-Stacks/
>> I know it is dated and things have changed, but in my experience dealing
>> with the IIS/.NET and WAMPP stacks nothing changed in the core result of the
>> test done. Performancewise WAMPP wipes the floor with IIS.
>> I also don't share the viewpoint that if on Windows use MSSQL. I use MySQL
>> on Windows and never ran into any problems because for the most part is just
>> works. I can't say that about MSSQL, especially not MSSQL 2008 which is just
>> a big ball of everything. Once configured and working MSSQL does do the job
>> as good or as bad as any other of the 'big' SQL servers.
>> In the end it depends for both stack and SQL server on what the customer
>> wants, what they feel comfortable with, and what can be maintained. If you
>> have free choice I recommend going WAMPP. That setup never failed me.
>>
>> David
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