2,600 Web Sites Using Windows Server 2008

According to Web statistics firm Netcraft, about 2,600 Web sites are already using Windows Server 2008 with Internet Information Server 7.0, including Microsoft's main site. Data shows that while a good portion of those servers using the OS are indeed the company's own, the majority are not, showing that Microsoft already has traction for the next server OS release.

Microsoft has been providing a 'Go Live' license, which allows users to deploy the beta platform in a live environment for free. In any case, it will likely take years for the Windows Server 2008 user base to overtake that of previous versions: it took several years for Windows Server 2003 to overtake Windows 2000, and even today there is a significant number of sites still using the latter version.