Ethan Sholly, the driving force behind selfh.st, one of the most recognized communities uniting self-hosting enthusiasts, has published the latest results of his annual survey on the community’s preferences, collecting 4,081 responses from self-hosting practitioners worldwide.
No surprise there: Linux is overwhelmingly dominant, chosen by more than four out of five self-hosters (81%). In other words, for self-hosters operating at bare-metal, virtualised, or container-based infrastructure, Linux remains the backbone.
In fact, this result aligns closely with broader trends: according to Wikipedia, Linux holds a 63% share of global server infrastructure. Aside from the hobby aspect, most respondents said privacy was their main reason for self-hosting, which, as you know, remains one of Linux’s strongest selling points. Now, back to the numbers.
Apache and nginx run just fine on Windows too.
And yet, not what MS shops use in the overwhelming majority of cases.
I’m talking about mid to large enterprise, from finance to legal. Changes are so slow in orgs like those that it often isnt worth it to bring up. So they dont, they just spin up another server VM on HyperV to run another instance of IIS.
Honestly it’s probably tomcat as bundled with whatever piece of junk corporate software the good idea fairy sold them this time.
Oh if its a bundled “service” application almost definitely.
It will also have a UI reminiscent of win2k, cost a minimum of $20k to engage them for any “project” effort, and the first 3 meetings will be a waste of time over miscommunication on expected status.
Also a proprietary license server that has to run on a machine image they provide OR they manage, in your prem.
And for stupid reasons needs to run a connectivity check to google, amazon, and microsoft or it throws an error.
Apparently I’m missing something that has netted them an absolute fortune. Or they are (cough morals cough).
oh man I used to support a product that ran on bundled tomcat. Fuck. That. Shit.