[thelist] excellent article
stout at stoutstreet.com
stout at stoutstreet.com
Wed Aug 15 12:34:32 CDT 2001
Hrrm.....here are some neww features for 2.0 of Apache
http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/new_features_2_0.html
>>Theres a lot more to this whole thing than can be expressed here, but I
>>just wanted to point out one thing..
>>He starts the article off by saying
>>"The 5% gain in Microsoft's webserver market share at the expense of
>>Apache is distressing, but if anything, overdue. Apache is like the
>>cartoon character that has walked off the edge of a cliff a while ago,
>>and has just looked down.
>>"
>>...
>>"So it's nothing short of miraculous that Apache managed to retain its
>>market share for about two years while essentially treading water."
>>which(IMO) he intends to be the basis for his entire article(Apache lost
>>5% in one month, everyone is moving to IIS) and proceeds to say what he
>>says about the future of apache, blah blah, etc..
>>What he fails to point out(or at least point out well) is that this huge
>>5% 'the sky is falling' decline was a direct result of two hosting
>>companies moving to NT/IIS ( http://www.netcraft.com/survey/ )
>>Apache has hardly been treading water as he suggests(this is only the
>>second time apache has lost market share in the past 3-4 years). I'm not
>>real up to date on the whole 'web services' thing(is this a new name for
>>'web applications'?), but just because "everyone" is talking about
>>"something" thats going to be The Next Big Thing(tm) doesn't mean its
>>going to happen, no matter *HOW* much money is behind it.
>>Push technology ring a bell?
>>..djc.
>>Jay Greenspan wrote:
>>> Got the link from Slashdot, so some of you have probably seen it
>>> already. If you have anything to do with open source software and
>>> haven't seen this, give it a read. I think a lot of what he says is
>>> dead on.
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