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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.
by recoiledsnake 15y ago
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.
- guard-of-terra 15y agoIsn't it free as in "comes with an operating system"?
- marshray 15y agoRight, but the server OS can run you $K.
- bad_user 15y agoProfits 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).
- recoiledsnake 15y agoUh 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/ http://www.costco.com/ [costco.com] Crate & Barrel - http://www.crateandbarrel.com/ http://www.crateandbarrel.com/ [crateandbarrel.com] Home Shopping Network - http://www.hsn.com/ http://www.hsn.com/ [hsn.com] Buy.com - http://www.buy.com/ http://www.buy.com/ [buy.com] Dell - http://www.dell.com/ http://www.dell.com/ [dell.com] Nasdaq - http://www.nasdaq.com/ http://www.nasdaq.com/ [nasdaq.com] Virgin - http://www.virgin.com/ http://www.virgin.com/ [virgin.com] 7-Eleven - http://www.7-eleven.com/ http://www.7-eleven.com/ [7-eleven.com] Carnival Cruise Lines - http://www.carnival.com/ http://www.carnival.com/ [carnival.com] L'Oreal - http://www.loreal.com/ http://www.loreal.com/ [loreal.com] Remax - http://www.remax.com/ http://www.remax.com/ [remax.com] Monster Jobs - http://www.monster.com/ http://www.monster.com/ [monster.com] USA Today - http://www.usatoday.com/ http://www.usatoday.com/ [usatoday.com] ComputerJobs.com - http://computerjobs.com/ http://computerjobs.com/ [computerjobs.com] Match.com - http://www.match.com/ http://www.match.com/ [match.com] National Health Services (UK) - http://www.nhs.uk/ http://www.nhs.uk/ [www.nhs.uk] CarrerBuilder.com - http://www.careerbuilder.com/ http://www.careerbuilder.com/ [careerbuilder.com] Newegg http://newegg.com/ http://newegg.com/ [newegg.com] Geico http://geico.com/ http://geico.com/ [geico.com] Capital One http://capitalone.com/ http://capitalone.com/ [capitalone.com] Zecco http://zecco.com/ http://zecco.com/ [zecco.com]
- eCa 15y agoIIS (MS) plays a different game compared to e.g. Apache. Since the Apache Foundation is non-profit, I doubt they define "winning" by revenue.