Windows 2003 takes 5% away from Linux

ZuperDee writes "According to Netcraft, the number of Windows 2003 servers has doubled since July, and 5% were running Linux before, which is consistent with the trends they've been observing for some time. This doesn't look good for Linux, in my opinion. Maybe we should all start to think about jumping ship?"

I see a new troll coming on..

[Anonymous Coward]

Netcraft now confirms: Linux is dying...

FP?

[Anonymous Coward]

I, for one, welcome our new 2003 server overlords.

switching

[zeank]

What about switching to windows 2003 to be able to switch to linux again for the next netcraft study?

.Net Revolution?

[Daengbo]

I was on the elevated the other day, and a guy next to me was reading a magazine in English, so I was peeking at him reading an article about VB.net. I lost interest until he turned the page to another article, but that was about .Net servers. I felt like asking him snidely if it was a .Net magazine or what, but it was too early to quip, so I just stayed quiet. Imagine my suprise when he finished the mag and closed it, revealing the Asia.Net cover!
Tears welled up...

Re:Jump ship?

[sharkman67]

I'll switch from Linux when you pull my last server from my cold dead hands!

Re:Doh.

[Anonymous Coward]

It is definitely not time to "think about jumping ship" yet...

I don't know about that. With Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, undoubtably Microsoft's greatest product yet, businesses and individuals alike can be assured that they'll lower their TCO while ensuring the time-honored commitment of Microsoft to providing world-class customer service and product quality. Only with Microsoft Windows 2003 Server will companies be able to tackle the e-commerce situations of the future using...

aww fsck it. I can't even make a convincing Windows troll. Just run Linux you fscking Windows n00bs, it's free.

Data is Waaaaaay Off

[Merry_B.Buck]

Well, since Sitefinder is running Linux [netcraft.com], wouldn't Linux now be running an infinite number more sites than Windows Server 2003?

Re:I see a new troll coming on..

[RighteousFunby]

No, as that would need the introduction of a "-29101834+e - Troll" rating. Also, Slashdot would Slashdot itself due to the large number of moderations.

Hell, we might even get a world record out of it...

"Quickest felling of a MySQL server"

Re:Data is Waaaaaay Off

[eadz]

Quick, everyone type www.SomeRandomLetters.com into the "what's that site running?" box on netcraft.. soon we'll make IIS hosting below the margin of error.

Re:Uh...

[FatalTourist]

You don't leave a battlefield just because the enemy takes some ground.

Unless it's "Battlefield Earth." In that case just run.

Re:Jump ship?

[Sj0]

I'd say it would be a good use for a (-1, Stupid) moderation. We seriously need one of those. We can use it on all those 12 year olds who let us know that "M$ is teh ghey!", or the people who say things like "Oh geez, that new version of windows is pretty popular! maybe we should stop using linux now!". :D

New poll idea...

[Realistic_Dragon]

When your boss told you to replace your Debian webserver with Win2k3 server, did you...

1[] Capitulate to the microwenie with pleasure.
2[] Change the ID strings and pocket the money.
3[] Install Win2k3 but leave Linux doing the real work (dynamic pages etc).
4[] Tell him to f**k off.
5[] Electrocte the boss with a waffle iron.

So... only 5% chose 1, although some may have done 2 or 3 instead - so call it 2%. Me? My boss knows better than to tell me to install Win2k3 - the previous electrical burn marks attest to that.

Re:Jump ship?

[inode_buddha]

It's gonna be interesting to watch the spamming and exploits over there in the next five years, too.

Percentages

[Cerberus9]

So, there are five new Windows 2003 servers, one of which used to run linux?

Can I mod the article as flamebait?

[petabyte]

This doesn't look good for Linux, in my opinion. Maybe we should all start to think about jumping ship?

Newsflash: I use linux because I like linux. I like the way it organizes things, and I like compiling my own programs. Its my primary desktop, not running on some rackmounted datacenter box. 2k3 doesn't help me. Oh and I'm a broke ex-university student so unless someone is going to give me enough to cover a copy of 2k3, I'm not going to run it.

The last two lines of this submission are nothing but flamebait and add nothing to the story. At least he said it was his opinion.

Re:Percentages

[Cerberus9]

Rats, make that 20 win2003 servers.

(Shouldn't do math before coffee)

Re:Doh.

[instanto]

Netcraft are using specially trained hacker-monkeys that analyze the transmissions from the web servers using a patended space-age-technology method involving forensic methodology to reveal the hidden operating system behind the web page.

Re:Doh.

[EvilAlien]

It'll be never time to "jump ship". It is always time to reevaluate your business needs and the solutions chosen for them.

What this likely says is that "of all the broadband users who run servers on their cable modems, 5% of those running Linux have formatted and installed a warez copy of Windows 2003 because they couldn't figure out how to secure their FTP services)".

Also according to NetCraft...

[GeorgeH]

...100% of web servers run Apache on Linux [apacheweek.com], thanks to VeriSign's DNS wildcard being hosted on Apache/Linux.

Re:Doh.

[TheRaven64]

In related news, Google announced that they will be suing Netcraft, since their hacker-monkey's are derived from Google's patented pidgeon-rank [google.com] technology.

It must be the commercials

[gregeth]

Must've been all those commercials with the office execs line dancing, because supposedly they "saved" money with 2003. Although I do think the second part of their slogan is correct: "...with less." Anyone got a better replacement for the "Do more" part?

Re:Doh.

[FuzzyBad-Mofo]

If people are using MS Server 2003 (or worse, switching from Linux) that means Linux has *failed* in some respect, in the minds of those customers

Anybody else think the 5% might be a result of PHBs who trust their MS reps more than their own engineers?

Re:Uhhm, so companies are trying out the new

[mbourgon]

If it does indeed replace 200 servers with 20, does that mean the number of servers running Win2k3 will go down? And does that mean their marketshare tanks? :)

The real reason

[flikx]

The 5% is coming from business gained by running Microsoft advertisements on slashdot.

Next Poll:

[fishexe]

Have you quit using Linux yet?

- Yes
- No