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IIS 7.0 Learns a Few Tricks from Apache

Posted by Zonk on from the old-dog-new-tricks dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to BetaNews, Microsoft is learning a few tricks from Apache for the next release of IIS, version 7.0. Specifically, the IIS feature set has been broken down into modules to reduce overhead. Modules can be changed on the fly, without restarting the Web server. Also, the IIS metabase has been completely dropped in favor of easily editable XML configuration files. Each Web application can have its own config file that overrides the system-wide configuration."

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  1. hrm.... by xao+gypsie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    but I thought OSS was evil....or was that Google...

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  2. Yeah, and pigs might fly out of my butt by kilodelta · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why do I get the feeling that this article pushes outsourcing more than it says I.T. units are bad for the rank and file.

    Think about it, no visits to desks but you have to phone Bangalore to figure out that your printer is out of paper.

    Of course I use things like VNC, and the web interfaces on printers and the like to check that from the comfort of my chair. The padding on my chair has actually worn down and conforms nicely to my butt.

    But seriously - big business is trying to outsource EVERYTHING. All you'll have left in this country is upper level managers. Hell of a lot of good that will do. In my experience the upper level managers are the ones least likely to even know what a computer is, let alone use one.