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IIS7 on Vista

http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2006/11/09/Why-IIS7-is-not-released-for-Windows-2003_3F003F00_.aspx

I tend to agree with Paschal on this one.  I think that IIS7 is a really cool technology.  I wish it was availabe stand alone and could be installed on Windows 2003 Server.  The problem is that my customers are slow to change.  I am only now starting to see rollouts of Windows 2003.  Assuming that Windows Vista Server comes out in 2007, and that is by no means guaranteed, then it will likely be 2010 before I see any customer rollouts of the technology to where I can use it.

I also realize that there are numerous business decisions that factor into this.

Wally

Posted: Nov 09 2006, 10:45 AM by Wallym | with 3 comment(s)
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Dan Kahler said:

"...to where I can use it." I don't agree with this 100%. If you mean "I won't be able to have a boilerplate solution that I can use for all my IIS customers", then yes, I agree that we won't see wholesale adoption for some time, especially in federal environments. But as a server technology, I don't see this as a technology has to be widely adopted before I can personally benefit. It doesn't have the same leveragability barriers as say, ClickOnce applications, which can't be deployed unless .NET 2.0 is installed on all the end users' desktops. We were able to migrate selected public web sites to IIS6 pre-RTM, and saw the performance and reliabilty improvements on those sites immediately. I think we'll see similar adoption with Longhorn. There will be early adopters and laggards, but developers and administrators will be able to reap the benefits well before IIS7 deployments outnumber IIS6.
# November 9, 2006 1:50 PM

help.net said:

Dan disagree totally. IIS 7 is not just a fancy new UI. It's the first version to integrate fully .NET and I don't understand the marketing ploy to push everybody to Vista Server to get it. As Wallym said my servers will b under Windows 2000 and 2003 for more years to come!
# November 9, 2006 7:33 PM

Wallym said:

I don't get the customers that run out to use the latest technology.  For example, Windows 2003 was released in March/April of 2003.  The first customer that we had that rolled Windows 2003 Server into production did it in April of 2006.  Thats a long time.  I see Vista Server as having the same slow uptake.

# November 12, 2006 1:45 PM
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