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[dvduval]

I was having a look at Netcraft recently and noticed that windows has caught up big time. I would love to know some of the contributing factors for this?

[elliotcol]

windows is more user-friendly; more graphix-oriented; object-oriented..but I doubt if they are catching up big time.

linux is built rather secure and stable tho; even tho its text-based but still have a large market share.

[utropicmedia-karl]

Look at *nix vs. windows. The picture changes drastically.

[TonyB]

It could be the emergence of .NET which you see a lot of company's now using to make various applications.

[zingerhost]

yea dat is right also cos Microsoft have many partners around world wide and its own .ASP trainings centers not same as php and Linux .

[dvduval]

Originally Posted by utropicmedia-karl

Look at *nix vs. windows. The picture changes drastically.

Does it really? That was not my impression.

[JohnCrowley]

Or the fact Go Daddy switched from Nix to WIndows and with that switch were millions of parked domains...

- John C.

[UH-Bobby]

Yeah, many people don't like dealing with the command line, and some only know how to deal with Windows. There are a few pros and cons to Windows, and a few pros and cons to Nix. A good comparison is ASP. Windows is really good at ASP. Linux can run ASP, but it's not good at it.

[dvduval]

Originally Posted by JohnCrowley

Or the fact Go Daddy switched from Nix to WIndows and with that switch were millions of parked domains...

- John C.

Yes, I knew about this, but I don't think it completely explains the phenomenon. It would also be interesting to see the comparison among live sites.

[masfenix]

I also agree with the .net part. I think its because of this new technology people are switching. I know i switched

[snickn]

Originally Posted by JohnCrowley

Or the fact Go Daddy switched from Nix to WIndows and with that switch were millions of parked domains...

- John C.

Yep - I believe the statistics are fairly inaccurate due to this, as well as many other registrars using Windows for their parked domains.

Though, it'll be interesting to see how Linux's market share fairs over the next 24 months with cPanel for Windows hitting beta in 2 weeks..

[ATLDedicated]

Other then the godaddy/parked domain stats perhaps more and more inexperienced users are getting into hosting and since they come from a windows background windows servers are simpler for them to start out on since they are an extension of their own desktop.

[boonchuan]

Windows has been promoting all through these years with aggressive campaigns and generous budgets. They are more and more into the integration of desktop with servers apps, Linux on the other hand depends on their status of open source and vast number of applications already written for it. It is a close integrated system versus a vast but loosely integrated system. Considering that Windows are nearly on every desktop machines, their strategies seemed to be effective given the trends seen in Netcraft. Linux remain the dominant force in server OS but Microsoft is a potent challenger.

[Jamie Edwards]

I think the fact is that Microsoft has vastly improved its server offering - especially for web servers and SaS platforms - both in terms of the operating system, the developer tools and licensing.

[boonchuan]

They had vastly improved, from NT 4 to Windows 2000 to Windows 2003. Those who used NT4 will really appreciate Windows 2003. Looking forward to Windows 2008! Sharepoint is heaven compared to Frontpage and also their efforts to reach out to developers to help.

Originally Posted by Jamie Edwards

I think the fact is that Microsoft has vastly improved its server offering - especially for web servers and SaS platforms - both in terms of the operating system, the developer tools and licensing.