OT: Microsoft Stands By IIS Despite Gartner Recommendation

Matt Alexander plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:19:39 -0700 (PDT)


It annoys me when people say that the only reason IIS is compromised so
much is because it's so popular.  Ummm...  last I checked, Apache had at
least twice the market share of IIS.


On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, John Starta wrote:

> Computerworld [1]: "Microsoft said its Internet Information Server (IIS) is
> as secure as comparable products from other vendors following a Gartner
> recommendation that companies hit by the Nimda and Code Red worms look at
> alternatives to IIS."
>
> [1] <http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO64226_NLTAM%2C00.html>
>
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