“Web server software is more than just an operating system for a
company’s Web activity. It is a critical layer between the untamed
Internet and the systems of a modern enterprise. This mostly
transparent technology is also the core of the battle between
Microsoft Corp. and Netscape Communications Corp.”
“While this war dominates headlines, the real action is on the
forgotten flanks. The most underreported aspect of the open source
movement is that Apache, a totally free Web server that runs on
several different operating systems, drives more than half the
world’s Web servers.”
“According to Netcraft… almost 55 percent of Web sites use
Apache, followed by …Microsoft with 24 percent; …Netscape with
about 4 percent; and …O’Reilly & Associates Inc. with less
than 2 percent.”