[ILUG] [OT] web design companies

[nils]

On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 18:16 +0100, John McCormac wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, nils wrote:
> 
> > howdy,
> > Can anyone answer me this question.
> > Why do the fast majority of Irish web design companies always use IIS.
> > I have noticed that huge number of .ie domains are hosted on IIS, I
> > don't have the stats to back it up but every site bar a few that i stuck
> > into netcraft seem to be running IIS, Is this the norm for ireland and
> > its web design companies.
> 
> Unlike netcraft, I do have the stats for every .ie domain/website. :) A
> quick check on .ie websites running Apache puts the figure at 19787 as
> opposed to Microsoft IIS at 9944. Those figures are for 22/10/2004. The
> general trend for Irish hosting is away from IIS solutions.
>
> Regards...jmcc
Ok you may have got me there which the stats,but are you sure that the numbers are falling.
not all irish companies have a .ie(i know i said .ie) but counting all
the Irish related websites, even the government hosts on IIS.
nils