Introduction

About a year ago, a minor debate popped up on the linux-kernel mailing list over use of particular servers and operating systems, and the popularity thereof. A couple of folks posited that the real test of a high-volume ecommerce server wasn't something wussified like Amazon, that the real test of pumping out files wasn't a toy like cdrom.com; rather the real test of server power was porn sites.

And who am I to argue? So, in order to provide an, ahem, alternative view on system suitability to high volume work, allow me to present... the smutcraft survey.

Web Server	Proportion	Number
Apache	85.74%	3030
Microsoft-IIS	6.20%	219
Zeus	2.52%	89
Unknown	2.41%	85
tigershark	0.74%	26
WebSite	0.23%	8
thttpd	0.17%	6
WorldNames Webrouter 1.69	0.17%	6
AOLserver	0.14%	5
Netscape-Enterprise	0.14%	5
WebSitePro	0.08%	3
WebSTAR NetCloak	0.08%	3
Draupnir	0.06%	2
Netscape Enterprise	0.06%	2
PimpServer	0.06%	2
SAMBAR 4.3	0.06%	2
WebSTAR	0.06%	2
CERN	0.03%	1
JavaWebServer	0.03%	1
Resin	0.03%	1
StarMedia - LatinRed 8.0	0.03%	1
Thunderbolt Server	0.03%	1
WebServer	0.03%	1
Xitami	0.03%	1
Total		3534