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My name is Garrett Serack, and I am the Community Program Manager in the Open Source Software Labs here at Microsoft. I would like to extend an official invitation to the Apache Software Foundation to participate in the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Compatibility Labs here in Redmond.
The Apache Web server is arguably the best and most powerful Web server software available for any operating system. While many learn to edit the configuration files and configure or enable various modules, the bulk of what most people do with Apache is manage the content that Apache serves, with very little attention paid to what Apache itself can do.
More evidence is emerging that Apache is suffering against Redmond, after a survey revealed that Microsoft's Internet Information Services Web server is outserving Apache on Fortune 1000 websites.
"The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the legacy release of version 2.0.63 of the Apache HTTP Server ("Apache"). This Announcement notes the significant changes in 2.0.63 as compared to 2.0.61 (2.0.62 was not released). [...] This version of Apache is principally a bug and security fix release..."
Most people in the free software world know two things about Apache. The first is that its name derives from the fact that it was a “a patchy server”, built out of patches to the earlier NCSA HTTPd Web server. The other is that in terms of market share, Apache knocks Microsoft's IIS into a cocked hat. Unfortunately, neither of these statements is true.
"The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 2.2.9 of the Apache HTTP Server ("Apache")..."
"The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 2.2.8 of the Apache HTTP Server ("Apache"). This version of Apache is principally a bug and security fix release..."
"The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.41 of the Apache HTTP Server ("Apache"). This Announcement notes the significant changes in 1.3.41 as compared to 1.3.39 (1.3.40 was not released). This version of Apache is a security fix release only..."
