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Apache Jumps In Market Share

Posted by krow on from the little-graphs-with-little-lines dept.

mshiltonj writes "In case no one has noticed, the lastest Netcraft web server survey showed a marked shift in market share in just one month. Apache gained 2.63% and IIS fell 2.06%. However, the previous month showed an even larger change in Microsoft's favor, so Apache is (quickly) making up for lost ground, as discussed before. Was this turnaround due to the release of Apache 2.0? Sadly, in the last 12 months, Apache's market share has noticeably eroded, while IIS has gradually gained ground."

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  1. Does anyone trust these numbers anymore? by Havokmon · · Score: 3, Insightful
    It's pretty crappy that NetCraft includes all those domain names that are just parked on webservers. One provider moves web servers one way or another, and it appears that there's a huge migration somewhere.

    Migrating empty virtual hosts isn't what 95% of the internet will be doing when evaluating a 'new' web server.

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  2. Re:Question about IIS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    That is a BIG reason for the increase in IIS usage.
    Apache may be included in linux but it is not on
    by default, nor is apache integrated with the OS as
    much as IIS.
    Hopefully people will see through this bullsh#*.

  3. Re:Apache by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually, 2.0 is the first version they've said should actually be run on Windows in a production environment, so, if anything, it'd be a better choice for your Windows Me web serving needs.

  4. Apple? by ruiner13 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Could more people be figuring out how to simply flick the switch in OS X to make their computer an Apache server? As Apple's Xserve catches on, as well as more people migrate to OS X, Apache stands to gain ground too. I think that is a good relationship.

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