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Although PHP is universally thought of as implying Linux, Apache andMySQL, nearly 7% of PHP sites [when counting by ip address] run onWindows. This has doubled over the last year, and on its current growthtrajectory PHP will overtake Cold Fusion as the most popularnon-Microsoft scripting language used on Windows during the next year. IP Addresses on Windows Operating System Web site developers are less dogmatic than many analysts like toportray, and are prepared to mix development paradigms when it suitstheir purpose. We have previously highlighted the strong growth JSP has seen outside of the Solaris platform.Scripting languages are seeing the best growth of any class of webtechnologies presently as site owners seek to make their sites moresophisticated and see a good return on the development time invested. Enterprise sites which use PHP on Windows include Nokia, Valero, Sony and Electronic Arts.
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