Tag: IIS

The ongoing on saga of Flash on the iPhone (or, more to the point, the lack thereof) has been frustrating to users and developers alike. Adobe's even gone as far as creating Flash-to-iPhone app technology to bridge the gap. Meanwhile, Microsoft just scored a big coup by announcing that Silverlight video will work on the iPhone. In fact, you can already view a demonstration. It's not as if ...

WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP) installers have been around for ages, and provide an easy way for anyone to quickly set up a platform for developing web apps on their Windows desktop. If, however, you're looking to play in the Microsoft sandbox, there's now a simple way to do that, too. The Web Platform Installer aims to streamline the process of setting up a Microsoft-powered web server. ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/programming/IIS_vs_Apache_in_pictures'; There are very few software products that I abhor. It's a short list, they know who they are, and it hasn't changed in years. At the top? Internet Information Server (IIS), Microsoft's poorly conceived and even more poorly executed web server platform. I don't understand what makes someone choose Microsoft's IIS over the open ...