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Nginx Overtakes Microsoft As No. 2 Web Server

Posted by samzenpus on from the up-and-coming dept.

tsamsoniw writes "With financial backing from the likes of Michael Dell and other venture capitalists, open source upstart Nginx has edged out Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Server) to hold the title of second-most widely used Web server among all active websites. What's more, according to Netcraft's January 2012 Web Server Survey, Nginx over the past month has gained market share among all websites, whereas competitors Apache, Microsoft, and Google each lost share."

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  1. Finally! by Voyager529 · · Score: 4, Funny

    something that's actually legitimate for Netcraft to confirm!

    1. Re:Finally! by cwj123 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Wait.. BSD isn't dead?

    2. Re:Finally! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Wait.. BSD isn't dead?

      They changed its name, they call it "Mac OS X" nowadays.

    3. Re:Finally! by Stalks · · Score: 3, Funny

      Woosh.

  2. In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    ..Nginx overtakes you!

  3. Re:market share v. reality by Daniel+Phillips · · Score: 4, Funny

    We're a very large IT company here and we have maybe 3 RHEL servers (because Linux was the best option for the task) and a couple of thousand (including virtual) Windows servers.

    Wow, it must suck to work where you work. Could you please tell me the name so that I may have nothing to do with it?

    --
    Have you got your LWN subscription yet?
  4. Re:Quality by exomondo · · Score: 5, Funny

    So I say, why not just call it EngineX.

    Just be thankful it's not named Libre Nginx.

  5. Re:market share v. reality by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, it must suck to work where you work. Could you please tell me the name so that I may have nothing to do with it?

    Microsoft Corporation, Redmond WA