OT: Microsoft Stands By IIS Despite Gartner Recommendation

[George Toft]

Wow!!!  I'm glad I didn't get my MCSE - I set up Linux, NetWare 5,
and NT4 Server (including IIS) in an evening for a class I was 
teaching.  It was actually easier to set up NT4 than NW5.  After
setting up NT & Linux, we surfed the default web sites just to make 
sure they worked, which they did.

In my practice before the class, IIS would not work, so I was all 
prepared for a botched install, so when it worked, the students 
really say no difference between an NT setup and a Linux setup.

George


Nigel Sollars wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 29 Sep 2001, George Toft wrote:
> 
> > I just read the actual numbers of servers shows NT has just under
> > 50% of the market.  Netcraft's numbers are off because of virtual
> > hosting.  For example, when I was in L.A., several of our servers
> > had 200+ web sites per server, so by URL, Apache has the market
> > share, but by server, it does not.
> >
> > This in itself is a benefit as it shows that Unix + Apache can
> > host more virtuals than NT + IIS.
> >
> > George
> >
> 
> After doing the MCSE +i NT4 ( which i have now lost ) ...
> 
> Im not suprised .. in the class i was in it took a good day to set IIS up
> and running we even enabled HTTPS going through a shed load of menus (
> Very annoying might i add ) But we did find that when doing vertual
> servers the installs we had going were prone to hang and server response
> times were greatly reduced .. Dont ask me why alls i did was pass the
> exams
> ( I got it for free so it was of no loss to me financially )
> 
> For the setuptime issue
> 
> I can setup Apapche with PHP SSL running with SQL ( mysql ,
> postrgres , Informaix ) support in a little over 30mins with self
> generated RSA / DSA keys.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Nigel Sollars
> 
>  >
> > Matt Alexander wrote:
> > >
> > > 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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