On Mar 27, 2008, at 13:25, Jason Timmins wrote:
[Jeremias: ]
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IIS. *g* I've had my share of experiences with that thing.
'That thing!?!', Microsoft would have you believe that IIS runs
half of the
web. :-)
Heh, sure, and not only that. They would be right as well... Only,
what does that statement prove exactly? 8->
Whether this suffices to NOT call it 'a thing', as Jeremias did, is a
totally separate issue. "Quality != Quantity".
For those that remember the good old video-tapes: VHS also was far
more widely used, but still in comparison to Betamax or V-2000 was a
plain, outright crappy format. Still it obtained the largest market-
share. Why? The reason has nothing to do with economy, more with
psychology. The majority of people simply don't like to think (or
even decide) for themselves. After all, it's much more comfortable to
use what everyone else uses, to follow the herd... The tragic truth,
some would call it. :-)
The really funny part is that the majority of that majority doesn't
even realize that, and kid themselves into believing they actually do
make conscious choices...
My point is definitely not that you are one of those herd-people that
don't think. What I do mean is that the argument is rendered moot if
you take the slightest bit of time to reflect on that statement... It
does not say anything about IIS or Microsoft. It does say something
about the people blindly using it, because either a) they don't know
any better, or b) going a different route would actually require some
effort on their part.
Cheers
Andreas
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