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CrossNodes: Apache 2: Improvements Are Obvious, But Upgrade Choices Aren’t

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Carla Schroder
Nov 1, 2002

“Apache 2.0 is a major rewrite of the best http server on the
planet. As the Apache team modestly states in the release notes:
‘Apache is the most popular web server in the known universe; over
half of the servers on the Internet are running Apache or one of
its variants.’

“A few highlights in the new, improved Apache:

  • “Apache Portable Runtime library
  • Content filtering
  • Improved performance for non-Unix platforms
  • hybrid thread/process modes for speed and greater
    scalability
  • MPM: multi-processing modules
  • Better internationalization…”


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