.NET on Apache

[Xoc]

Microsoft on Wednesday will take a significant step toward expanding the appeal of its .Net software plan by linking to Apache, one of the most important open-source software projects.

The software giant plans to extend .Net to the popular Apache Web server, which could give Microsoft access to a far larger audience of software developers.

msn.com.com/2100-1104-946015.html?type=pt

I'm assuming that this will only be on Apache for Windows, but the article isn't clear on that.

[jatar_k]

Apache is used by more than half of all Internet sites

Interesting, if it's true, I didn't realize that.

I will be interested to see how quickly, if at all, it catches on. I won't start rewriting all my php sites quite yet. ;)

[Jaze]

>>I'm assuming that this will only be on Apache for Windows, but the article isn't clear on that

From reading the Apache 1.3 README-WIN.TXT, I don't think it's ready for it. Perhaps Apache 2 is a bit more stable and secure?

[richlowe]

Apache is used by more than half of all Internet sites

Apache is actually used on about 2/3's of all internet sites.

Both IIS 5 and Apache are excellent web servers. I've tested and used both thoroughly and found them to be more or less equivalent. IIS has slightly better performance with static pages on identical hardware (in my experience) and has a better security model (NTFS). Apache tends to be more secure out of the box and tends to need less patching (although the name a-pache would seem to imply it needs constant patching it's not true by any means).

My experience is that apache is better for situations where you are going to have many different customers on a single box, while IIS is better for intranets and large web sites, especially sites which consist of many servers treated as one. If I was going to create a web hosting company, I would use apache hands down. If I was creating an intranet for my office I would use IIS. The decision would also strongly depend upon the background and training of my staff.

Just some personal observations.
Richard Lowe

[celerityfm]

As far as the Apache usage vs. IIS/etc:

http://www.netcraft.com/survey/ holds the answers as of May 2002:

Apache 64.42%
Microsoft 24.93%
iPlanet 1.66%
Zeus 1.34%

Enjoy.