Apache now the leader in SSL servers (Microsoft, we hardly knew ye!)
Friday, April 28th, 2006It had to happen sooner or later. The Apache web server had been increasing its lead over Microsoft IIs and all the other web servers in terms of overall websites, but even as late as 2004, Microfties could point to the fact that there were more secure web servers using IIS than Apache. Apache, they reasoned, was good for plain domain parking, but businesses trusted IIs more.
Alas, Apache just passed IIS to become the leader in SSL servers according to Netcraft. Apache now runs on 44.0% of secure web sites, compared to 43.8% for Microsoft, and the trends look mighty bad for IIs. Click on the image below for a larger pic.
Overall, Apache has an insurmountable lead of 69% marketshare versus IIs at 20% or so (and dropping slowly).
PS. This must be one really bad week for Microsoft. On the heels of the announcement that Apache had passed IIS as the major SSL web server, Microsoft’s stock plunged when it missed earnings estimates and gave cautious guidance on earnings for the future.
So, I guess businesses trust Apache more than Microsoft now, eh?