Nginx just became the most used web server among the top 1000 websites

Re:Nginx just became the most used web server among the top ... by h2s on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @01:13PM (#5986003)

It sounds wrong to me to refer to Apache and nginx as "alternatives" to IIS. They're the web servers, and IIS is the "alternative", kind of like how Excel is the spreadsheet application and LibreOffice Calc is the alternative. I'm aware that I cocoon myself in something of an anti-Microsoft echo chamber, though. Does reality match up to my prejudices?

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Re:Nginx just became the most used web server among the top ... by RyanMcGreal on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @02:35PM (#5986587)

> Does reality match up to my prejudices?

According to the linked article, IIS has only 16% market share overall, and less than 11% of the top 1000 websites, so I'd say yes.

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Re:Nginx just became the most used web server among the top ... by _b8r0 on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @02:18PM (#5986475)

At the risk of second guessing the parent, they're considering the classical 'enterprisey' stuff as mainstream. If you look at what people use in most companies of a reasonable size, IIS is surprisingly common and Apache tends to only turn up when Java or PHP is involved, with appropriate nods to Oracle and IBM for their relative technologies.

Outside on the open Internet I absolutely agree that Apache and Nginx are the default HTTP servers. I switched from Apache to Nginx years ago (with a few exceptions) as it just seemed as though I could do more with less with it and it made sense for me to standardise.

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Re:Nginx just became the most used web server among the top ... by voltagex_ on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @07:56PM (#5988264)

I see nginx as more a general application server, and IIS as a specialised server you run when you need NTLM/Windows integrated authentication and ASP.NET et al.

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Re:Nginx just became the most used web server among the top ... by nwilliams on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @03:58PM (#5987137)

> Does reality match up to my prejudices?

Similar to how Apple takes ~75% of the handset market profits, IIS takes almost all the profit in the web server market and is increasing revenues year after year.

It does quite well for itself given that the competition is fierce and free.

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Re:Nginx just became the most used web server among the top ... by bdcravens on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @04:16PM (#5987231)

By this logic, Adobe ColdFusion is taking the majority of the profits in the dynamic web language space.

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Re:Nginx just became the most used web server among the top ... by noir_lord on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @04:28PM (#5987307)

Yes and?

If you apply a set of criteria then that is the result.

The more interesting metric (though hard to quantify) is how much is earned with software.

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Re:Nginx just became the most used web server among the top ... by nwilliams on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @04:35PM (#5987341)

I don't think that's accurate. Do you have a reference?

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/stewart/adobes-q1-financials-show-...

I would think ASP.NET/C# would make the most profits in the dynamic web language space.

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Re:Nginx just became the most used web server among the top ... by bdcravens on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @04:52PM (#5987437)

I guess I still think of C# as typed.

My point being that CF has a license, whereas Ruby and Python do not - which has little value in gauging success, a la IIS v Apache/nginx. (Ignoring the reality of open source Railo and Open BlueDragon for the moment)

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Re:Nginx just became the most used web server among the top ... by steveklabnik on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @10:50PM (#5988912)

Ruby and Python are strongly typed, but they're also dynamically typed. Certainly not untyped.

They also both have licenses, but they don't charge money to obtain a copy.

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Re:Nginx just became the most used web server among the top ... by tttp on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @07:14PM (#5988109)

Not to be pedantic, but I suppose you mean license as "you have to pay to use it". Both Apache and nginx have a (free software) licence.

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Re:Nginx just became the most used web server among the top ... by bdcravens on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @11:56PM (#5989086)

Yes, I meant "paid license" :-)

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