Apache can run on just about any OS: Mac X/Linux/Unix, Novell Netware, Microsoft Windows, and some EBCDIC machines In my experience, most production Apache installs are for Linux or other 'nix variants, with Windows very low on the list.
In my experience, most production Apache installs are for Linux or other 'nix variants, with Windows very low on the list. I don't dispute that. Let's recap:
- stockpirate: I said someone could spend the time to create a virus that would attck a Mac, but why waste the time on so few computers. If it is software it can be hacked. What big internet servers are Macs?
- PrinceCharles: The latest Netcraft web server survey finds only 21% of .com domains are using MS server software. I wonder why?
- Me: Netcraft shows Apache at 67%. Apache can run on just about any OS: Mac X/Linux/Unix, Novell Netware, Microsoft Windows, and some EBCDIC machines. Just because they're not running MS IIS doesn't mean they're Macs.
I was just saying PrinceCharles wasn't answering stockpirate's question with those numbers. Presumably a Mac OS X machine would run Apache for a web server, but much cheaper machines can run Apache as well, and this IMO is why (we all seem to agree) that Macs aren't used often for web servers; not because Mac OS X is or isn't unhackable. If I've split the hair too fine, I apologize. :)