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Will Microsoft IIS Overtake Apache?

Posted by timothy on from the netcraft-hints-at-it dept.

First time accepted submitter jcdr writes "February's 2014 Web Server Survey by Netcraft shows a massive increase [in the share of] Microsoft's web server since 2013. Microsoft's market share is now only 5.4 percentage points lower than Apache's, which is the closest it has ever been. If recent trends continue, Microsoft could overtake Apache within the next few months, ending Apache's 17+ year reign as the most common web server."

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  1. Re: why not? by QuietLagoon · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If I remember correctly, Microsoft was paying large hosting providers like GoDaddy to use IIS over apache

    The evidence of that is the "all sites" graph which shows IIS's share increasing vs. the "active sites" graph which shows IIS's share plummeting. IIS appears to be hosting a lot of dead sites, ironically.

  2. Re:IIS better in almost every way. by wagnerrp · · Score: 5, Interesting

    IIS has been on a fairly steady decline since 2000. There was a spike beginning in 2006 that rapidly died off in 2009, following which IIS continued its slow downward decline. Nginx actually has a higher usage than IIS, and Apache is still around 50%. IIS is only the server of choice among inactive placeholder pages on disused hostnames.