Will MS ever overtake Apache?

[kev woodman]

Microsoft's IIS gained some more market share from Apache last month - current figures are Apache 62.52% and MS 30.13%.

So do you think that Apache will continue to lose ground, and will MS ever overtake them?

[paul]

Depends on how you feel about Microsoft, I think Apache is perhaps one of the best software products ever written and I am confident it will regain its market share if lost.

[kev woodman]

The latest MS server builds look pretty good though. Add that to the free development tools that they are supplying for .NET and I think you could see Apache's market share slip a bit more.

[paul]

Well, but people are reluctant to change so easily, its hard to predict as this moment like this question; "willl Linux ever overtake Windows on home desktops"?

[kev woodman]

That's a very good question mate

I'd have to say no but at least partly for the wrong reasons.

[Peter]

Those figures are not really suprising considering that Microsoft has already cleaned up their act with IIS6. Secure and stable, although not quite as fast, mostly because of the underlying of Windows Server 2003.

About Paul's question, well I don't think Linux would overtake Windows on home desktops in the next few years atleast.