Opera Software have been busy (sadly not busy fixing the problems Opera browser has with Gmail) and have released the findings of MAMA – a huge study into what the web looks like at the code level. I love this sort of study, but I am a huge geek.
This made me laugh out loud, from the part of the survey looking at whether HTML validates:
Authoring feature used Criteria used to match Quantity validating Total quantity using technology Percentage validating IIS Web Server Detection of “iis” string in HTTP header Server field 24,743 883,854 2.80% Apache Web Server Detection of “apache” string in HTTP header Server field 110,834 2,347,328 5.38%
Pages served from IIS are nearly half as likely to validate as pages served from Apache. Is anyone surprised by that finding? Is it due to the difficulty of making ASP (classic or .NET) output valid code or is it due to the mindset of the typical ASP developer?
Very True Mood: 
cynical
cynical
Well, IIS can be used for other types of pages than ASP, PHP is one option.