We used to use 9/9/99 in places where the old systems wouldn't accept a null. The systems were fixed a couple years ago: they still won't take null, but they've put the whole problem off for another 8000 years by requiring four digit years. Now we use 9/9/9999. Whatever.
Exactly: give everyone a web server that's "good enough" and get a bazillion of 'em in use to make their share look better. No one would use the thing for more than cub scout merit badges or baby pictures, but Netcraft et al would report a big increase in market share. It'd be even better if they could call the thing IIS and smear the line between this little bastard app and their real IIS offering.
Of course, this only gets them halfway there. They'll still get cracking on improving the parts of real IIS that people complain about, and they'll start with doing a better job of hosting multiple domains on a single server as balmer talked about.
It's exactly how M$ does everything, it's how they work: serve up gruel to the mindless masses that gets 90% of what they need done, and then hit the top two or three needs of everyone else pretty well, and lie to cover every other case that arises. Over time they'll continue to add shiny things to distract the idiots, continue to add to the few things they do well to mollify real users, and continue to lie to everyone else (such as anyone hoping for 24x7 or enterprise scale performance.) business as usual.
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St Paul, MN
Of course, this only gets them halfway there. They'll still get cracking on improving the parts of real IIS that people complain about, and they'll start with doing a better job of hosting multiple domains on a single server as balmer talked about.
It's exactly how M$ does everything, it's how they work: serve up gruel to the mindless masses that gets 90% of what they need done, and then hit the top two or three needs of everyone else pretty well, and lie to cover every other case that arises. Over time they'll continue to add shiny things to distract the idiots, continue to add to the few things they do well to mollify real users, and continue to lie to everyone else (such as anyone hoping for 24x7 or enterprise scale performance.) business as usual.
Cris E
St Paul, MN
Cris E
St Paul, MN