Nginx now within 1% of IIS's Active Site Market Share

Re:Nginx now within 1% of IIS's Active Site Market Share by recoiledsnake on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @10:16AM (#3211022)

Isn't it true that IIS makes the most profit out of all the web servers and thus 'wins'? Just like that iPhone vs. Android argument.

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Re:Nginx now within 1% of IIS's Active Site Market Share by bad_user on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @12:57PM (#3211874)

Profits related to the iPhone tells you something about its users - money spenders, good market to target. Profits related to IIS, unless you're in the business of selling breain-dead. NET components, only tells you how fucked up you are for choosing a commercial web server, when the alternatives are not only better but also free and also preferred by the top busiest sites ever (except MSDN).

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Re:Nginx now within 1% of IIS's Active Site Market Share by recoiledsnake on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @02:17PM (#3212293)

Uh wow.That's not even wrong. Not sure if I should reply to a troll.

Even if what you said is true, how does it change the fact that MS makes the most money out of web servers and not others?

StackOverflow, NewEgg, PlentyOfFish etc. are not busy sites now? It's funny to see how StackOverflow was able to scale easily while Reddit couldn't. There's a lot more to running high traffic sites than just the web server.

Maybe you should enlighten the companies below?

Costco - http://www.costco.com/ [costco.com] Crate & Barrel - http://www.crateandbarrel.com/ [crateandbarrel.com] Home Shopping Network - http://www.hsn.com/ [hsn.com] Buy.com - http://www.buy.com/ [buy.com] Dell - http://www.dell.com/ [dell.com] Nasdaq - http://www.nasdaq.com/ [nasdaq.com] Virgin - http://www.virgin.com/ [virgin.com] 7-Eleven - http://www.7-eleven.com/ [7-eleven.com] Carnival Cruise Lines - http://www.carnival.com/ [carnival.com] L'Oreal - http://www.loreal.com/ [loreal.com] Remax - http://www.remax.com/ [remax.com] Monster Jobs - http://www.monster.com/ [monster.com] USA Today - http://www.usatoday.com/ [usatoday.com] ComputerJobs.com - http://computerjobs.com/ [computerjobs.com] Match.com - http://www.match.com/ [match.com] National Health Services (UK) - http://www.nhs.uk/ [www.nhs.uk] CarrerBuilder.com - http://www.careerbuilder.com/ [careerbuilder.com] Newegg http://newegg.com/ [newegg.com] Geico http://geico.com/ [geico.com] Capital One http://capitalone.com/ [capitalone.com] Zecco http://zecco.com/ [zecco.com]

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Re:Nginx now within 1% of IIS's Active Site Market Share by eCa on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @02:39PM (#3212397)

IIS (MS) plays a different game compared to e.g. Apache. Since the Apache Foundation is non-profit, I doubt they define "winning" by revenue.

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Re:Nginx now within 1% of IIS's Active Site Market Share by guard-of-terra on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @12:23PM (#3211672)

Isn't it free as in "comes with an operating system"?

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Re:Nginx now within 1% of IIS's Active Site Market Share by marshray on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @12:40PM (#3211775)

Right, but the server OS can run you $K.

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