Thread: Note to nokia: don't listen to begging!
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2010-01-09 , 07:06
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Originally Posted by flux41 View Post
There within lies the problem with the argument. ISS contains more than just HTTP/s serving.
ISS's core doesn't do much, but with the gazillions of software modules it does much more. So does Apache with it's module. Go visit apache.org sometime. It's an enormous, sprawling suite of software products these days.

Originally Posted by flux41 View Post
As far as enterprise implementation, the reason why bank, large companies, etc use ISS or something similar is that they can sue the crap out Microsoft if the system is compromised. In every large company/organization I have ever worked for, I have asked why they used commercial products such as ISS over open source and the answer has always been “to have somebody to hold liable when it all goes down.”
Only stupid management does that - because nobody can sue Microsoft over something like that and win. Anyone who thinks otherwise is covering their personal arse with false security. Of course it doesn't matter if they can get away with it to other stupid management, until it really does all go down, and then they're out of there. Certainly not suing Microsoft - if it came to anyone asking, lawyers would advise them not to waste their money.