Tech site BetaNews is first out of the box this week with an article about MS's recent announcement that they are going to be following the tried-and-true methodology of one of the most enduringly popular and successful pieces of web software around, the Apache Web server. Microsoft will be introducing modules and XML config files into their ever-evolving-yet-never-really-improving IIS server software, a concession to the stability and durability of some of Apache's greatest features.
Yet another of their largest products conceding somewhat to the force of the open source world. Is Microsoft starting to get scared?
The resurrection of IE from the grave was one of the first surprising indications that MS are watching the growing popularity of their free competitors (in this case, the brilliant Firefox web browser), and other concessions have slowly but surely been following, not least of which is the new MS Office Open XML file format.
Is this a case of Microsoft backing down on their "we are all you need" style of marketing, trying hastily to grab back some of their disgruntled ex-customers who have jumped ship for more open, compatible and cheap products?
More interesting commentary about the BetaNews article on the wonderful Slashdot.
Saturday, September 17, 2005
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