> The web was born and grew up on Windows
I think CERN engineers while working on web and www protocol were using unix as windows was not even there yet.
I think CERN engineers while working on web and www protocol were using unix as windows was not even there yet.
> The web was born and grew up on Windows
The first part is just a lie, the second part is open for interpretation, but certainly not the formative years.
I'd like to think that, but I am not sure if that's actually true.
It's hard to get real numbers, for sure. There's counts based on what the server shipped with, when those used to be bundled, which favors Windows. And there's counts of active servers on the internet, which favors Unix-like. Both counts are fundamentally flawed for various reasons.
I did, though, get a chuckle out of Microsoft's slide that showed more Linux instances than Windows ones on Azure: https://build5nines.com/linux-is-most-used-os-in-microsoft-a...
For many home users that is a reality, even if it is not historically accurate. And, more importantly, I think that highlights the current position of Windows.
In the 90s and 2000s, Windows was synonymous with computing, the office and the Internet. Nowadays, Android and iPhone are the point of contact with the world for most people. Windows has lost that position.
What I read is "The web was born and grew up on Windows" ... and we want Windows to be its future. That is what, I think, it follows from that statement and the goal of Windows 11.