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> Does reality match up to my prejudices? Similar to how Apple takes ~75% of the handset market profits, IIS takes almost all the profit in the web server mark
by nwilliams 13y ago
> Does reality match up to my prejudices?
Similar to how Apple takes ~75% of the handset market profits, IIS takes almost all the profit in the web server market and is increasing revenues year after year.
It does quite well for itself given that the competition is fierce and free.
- bdcravens 13y agoBy this logic, Adobe ColdFusion is taking the majority of the profits in the dynamic web language space.
- noir_lord 13y agoYes and? If you apply a set of criteria then that is the result. The more interesting metric (though hard to quantify) is how much is earned with software.
- nwilliams 13y agoI don't think that's accurate. Do you have a reference? http://www.zdnet.com/blog/stewart/adobes-q1-financials-show-developer-revenue-is-still-very-small/317 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/stewart/adobes-q1-financials-show-... I would think ASP.NET/C# would make the most profits in the dynamic web language space.
- bdcravens 13y agoI guess I still think of C# as typed. My point being that CF has a license, whereas Ruby and Python do not - which has little value in gauging success, a la IIS v Apache/nginx. (Ignoring the reality of open source Railo and Open BlueDragon for the moment)
- nwilliams 13y agoSorry, I thought you meant dynamic in the context of the opposite of static HTML content and didn't realize you meant interpreted vs. compiled.
- tttp 13y agoNot to be pedantic, but I suppose you mean license as "you have to pay to use it". Both Apache and nginx have a (free software) licence.
- steveklabnik 13y agoRuby and Python are strongly typed, but they're also dynamically typed. Certainly not untyped. They also both have licenses, but they don't charge money to obtain a copy.
- bdcravens 13y agoYes, I meant "paid license" :-)