Re:Travis merges private and open source repositories into o...
by wpietri on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @02:25PM
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Depends on your perspective, I suppose. But I was just talking to a web- and app-based service company that started on the Microsoft stack circa 2001. They're migrating away from it partly because of tech issues, but mainly because it's much harder to hire people.
If you look at yesterday's "who's hiring" post, it's way, way less than a third of positions that are using Windows server technologies.
Re:Travis merges private and open source repositories into o...
by foepys on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @02:11PM
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How many of those Windows servers are only running Exchange and Active Directory and nothing else? If I had to guess, I'd say 70% or more but maybe someone else has better estimates.
Re:Travis merges private and open source repositories into o...
by gr3yh47 on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @03:11PM
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70%+ is probably accurate if you include the whole microsoft enterprise ecosystem (sharepoint etc in addition to what you mentioned)
windows is definitely a minority in web hosting
Re:Travis merges private and open source repositories into o...
by some_account on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @03:44PM
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The windows devs I know just use whatever comes from Microsoft and are not interested in anything else. They believe Microsoft has the best tech :)
Windows is one third of the server market and over 90% of the desktop market. Calling Windows a niche is simply wrong.