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Re: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More?

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On 2025-04-15 11:24, Tyrone wrote:
> On Apr 15, 2025 at 8:35:53 AM EDT, "CrudeSausage" <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> 
>> Eventually, the amount of compromises you need to make to use Windows
>> outweighs the amount of sacrifices you make by moving away from it.
> 
> Which explains why Windows - which 25 years ago had 95% desktop share in the
> U.S. - is now down
> to 65%.  Macs are up to 23.5%.

I would say that Apple computers having a greater build quality than 
most manufacturers and the fact that Apple devices interoperate well 
with one another might have something to do with that.

> Linux, Chrome and Unknown make up the rest, with roughly 4% each. None of
> which were even a blip (or in the case of Chrome, did not exist) 25 years ago.

There was a very strong interest in Linux between 1998 and 2002, but a 
lot of the people who ended up trying it out didn't stick with it 
because it wasn't as intuitive as they were hoping for.

> The move away from Windows is real, and ongoing.  MS knows this, and is
> probably putting less resources into Windows as a result. At least, it
> certainly LOOKS that way.
> 
> To be fair, there are obviously many more PCs in use today than 25 years ago.
>   So in real numbers, there are many more Windows PCs in use today than 25
> years ago.  But the point is, there are now several viable options other than
> Windows.
> 
> Which has never been true before.

Linux, especially through Ubuntu and Mint, is much more of a option 
today than it used to be. However, machines comes with their own 
operating system and no matter how easy it is to switch to Linux, a lot 
of people find it complicated to do so. They would rather suffer with 
something that works poorly than try something that might work better. 
Only if Windows fails them in a miserable way will they be tempted to 
switch.

-- 
God be with you,

CrudeSausage
John 14:6

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Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-11 01:20 +0000
  Re: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More? % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-04-10 19:39 -0700
  Re: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-14 21:51 +0000
    Re: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-14 20:41 -0400
      Re: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More? Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-04-14 20:43 -0400
      Re: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-15 04:20 +0000
        Re: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More? Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-04-15 00:41 -0400
        Re: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-15 08:35 -0400
          Re: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More? Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-04-15 15:24 +0000
            Re: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-15 11:56 -0400
              Re: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-15 17:56 +0000
                Re: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-15 19:54 -0400
          Re: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More? RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-04-16 12:40 +0000
            Re: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-16 08:52 -0400
              Re: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More? RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-04-17 07:51 +0000
                Re: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-17 08:52 -0400
                Re: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More? RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-04-17 23:25 +0000

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