OT: Microsoft Stands By IIS Despite Gartner Recommendation

[David P. Schwartz]

Perhaps it's a silly question, but exactly what "comparable products from other vendors" are they referring to?  These wouldn't by
chance be the ones that they accuse of being "cancerous" software?

Just out of curiosity, have any statistics been published on how many non-IIS servers were directly affected by Nimda?  It would seem
that the statistics would be more telling than a PR flak...

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>