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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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