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Gartner Group Suggests Dumping IIS For Now

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dump-dump-dump dept.

sachmet is one of the many readers who contributed news that "Gartner Group is now recommending that IIS be replaced in corporate environments. This is based on the fact that TCO for IIS is rising due to the almost-weekly patches sent out by MS, and even then, it's nearly impossible to get patched quickly enough. Best part: 'Gartner remains concerned that viruses and worms will continue to attack IIS until Microsoft has released a completely rewritten, thoroughly and publicly tested, new release of IIS,' which they say has an 80% chance of happening by the end of next year." Gartner hasn't always said favorable things about Linux systems in the workplace, but the businesses that rely on this type of analysis to justify purchasing decisions may find this one interesting. Update: 09/24 22:04 GMT by T :As several people have pointed out, the 80% figure appears to be Gartner's odds that IIS won't be rewritten that soon, rather than the other way around (.673334 probability).

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  1. If It Weren't For Microsoft.... by quakeaddict · · Score: 3, Redundant

    What would /. use for stories?

    Think about it guys...1/2 of the discussion today involves MS.

    If you guys hate MS so much why do you spend so much energy talking about it?

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  2. Read more closely... by robf · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Looks to me like they're saying there's an 80% chance of MS *NOT* having IIS rewritten by the end of next year...

  3. +1, Funny by ekrout · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Do it.

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  4. Re:This is funny but sadly the truth sometimes! by weatherboy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Mod this up, folks, this guys speaks the truth!