Wow, I'll bet you have Billy Gates pajamas, too.
From our point of view IIS is a very stable and reliable web server. Just like the OS, it is no less of a problem if it is managed and kept up to date. For a .NET application running on an Windows OS, it is not only appropriate, but fully expected that if it is a web app IIS will be required. Supporting Apache should be considered a low priority at best. Furthermore, given the intricate relationship between .NET and IIS (especially the WebAppPool, security Id's, ACL's, et. al.) I would consider running a .Net app with Apache to be a "mongrel" -- much less trusted, and much more likely to have problems trying to mash these two different technologies together. Finally, I've tried Apache and the huge text config file and obtuse settings (trying to setup website security by using the very finicky keyword settings in the config file is not easy) is a huge step backwards in my opinion. The IIS xml config file (aka "metabase") is an excellent solution -- xml for commandline/config file lovers and a GUI front-end for those that prefer a few clicks and rapid config changes. I don't want to start a flame, but there if virtually no functionality in Apache that can't also be added to IIS (there are cool IIS "mod_rewrite" add-ons for example). I've only seen Apache preferred by "LAMP" devotees which begs the question why are they trying to run on a Windows OS if they really want LAMP? (We run PHP and MySql on IIS and again, for 99% of our clients, we have never had an issue where Apache was the only answer.) Personally, I shudder at the thought that Ipswitch is going to waste develop cycles and resources on trying to support Apache. There's enough core email functionality to do that they shouldn't waste effort on a side-alley just to please a few fanatics. If you really want Apache, you should be running *nix and sendmail anyway.....and suffer with squirrelmail or equivalent for your webmail :-)
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