Re:Double checking the sources (Score 1)

Remember that netcraft is only showing you the front-side web server - it's less easy to tell what back-end database engine is in use. Just because Apache is the better choice for serving the pages doesn't mean that *nix systems are better for a particular application's database needs.

Of course, MS are saying [the sites] run Windows and Microsoft SQL Server which carefully doesn't avoid giving the impression that Windows is the front end as well. The 25 percent of web sites is also in keeping with netcraft's data (always tell a *half*-truth).

They don't mention that IIS's 25% is less than half of Apache's share, and *falling* while Apache is *rising*.