[thelist] excellent article

[stout at stoutstreet.com]

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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