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InfoWorld: IBM embraces Apache Web server

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 15, 1998

As expected, Big Blue is giving the Apache HTTP Server a boost
into the big leagues, porting the open-source engine to IBM’s
AS/400’s midrange operating system, and beefing up the security and
performance of Apache for use with IBM’s WebSphere Application
Server.

IBM will deliver a beta of the AS/400 port in November and also
will offer it for free through the Apache Project, keeping true to
the product’s open-source roots, the company announced Wednesday at
ApacheCon, in San Francisco.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

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