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<title> Apache Press Release </title>
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For Release: January 5th, 1998
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Contact:<BR>
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Jim Jagielski<BR>
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The Apache Group<BR>
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c/o jaguNET Access Services<BR>
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+1 410 931 3157<BR>
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Mike Prettejohn<BR>
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Netcraft, Ltd.<BR>
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+44 1225 447500<BR>
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Sameer Parekh<BR>
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C2Net Software, Inc.<BR>
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+1 510 986 8770<BR>
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APACHE WEBSERVER SERVES OVER HALF THE INTERNET
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The Apache Web Server, from the Apache Group (http://www.apache.org/),
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now serves over half the domains on the Internet, according to the
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latest Netcraft Web Server Survey (http://www.netcraft.com/). According
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to the January 1998 survey, the Apache server and its derivatives
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serve 50.24% of the 1,834,710 sites found by Netcraft.
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>From its humble beginnings in early 1995 as a set of patches to the
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original NCSA Web Server, the Apache Web Server has steadily grown in
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popularity as well as power and capability. The Apache server was one
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of the first Web servers to implement the HTTP/1.1 protocol, for
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example. The Apache server has become established as the dominant Web
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server, far outpacing commercial offerings from the giants Microsoft
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and Netscape.
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The key to the success of the Apache Web server is its dedicated
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development team. A core group of developers, known as the Apache
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Group, constantly update, fix, and improve the server in order to
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create the best server available.
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Another key to the Apache server's impressive popularity is that it is
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freely available via the Internet. Webmasters can quickly and easily
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download the entire source code for the server to compile it
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themselves, or they can download various precompiled and "ready to
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run" versions. Since the source code is freely available, it is easy
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for webmasters to greatly enhance the Apache Web server's capability,
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either by adding numerous "modules" which extend the server's
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functions or by editing the actual server code to suit their needs.
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"It really is a labour of love," said Jim Jagielski, member of the
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Apache Group. "Every one of us in the Group are committed to making
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Apache the best it can be. We are all experienced Net citizens
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and therefore have a real feel for what's needed. We also listen
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very intently to what is needed and desired by the Net community, so
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we can implement those features into Apache. And since we don't have
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the huge inertia of a commercial company to worry about, we can do it
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quicker and better than anyone else."
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"One of the strengths of the Apache project is that many of the core
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team and key contributors are themeselves running high profile sites,
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and so know what is required from first hand experience," said Mike
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Prettejohn, Director of Netcraft, "in particular, the support for
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virtual domains, and the server's overall stability and resilience has
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made Apache the de facto choice for ISPs and hosting companies
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throughout the world."
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"Apache is the ideal platform for building mission-critical web-based
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applications," said Sameer Parekh, President of C2Net Software, Inc.,
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whose Stronghold Web Server is the most widely used commercial
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Apache-based server. "Apache confuses most industry analysts because
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they have forgotten that mission-critical Internet services, from web
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services to domain name services to electronic mail, have been running
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on free software since Day One."
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The latest version of the Apache Web server is 1.2.4, which runs on
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most UNIX platforms. The next release of the Apache server, version 1.3,
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currently in beta test, will run on both UNIX and Microsoft Windows NT.
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Netcraft (http://www.netcraft.com/) is an networking consultancy based
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in Bath, England and is well known worldwide for its Web Server
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Survey, which is widely considered a primary empirical metric for the
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number of web sites and the relative popularity of web server software
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on the internet.
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C2Net Software, Inc. (http://www.c2.net/) is a leading provider of
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uncompromised network security software. Through its international
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offshore development programs, all C2Net products are exempt from
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U.S. government export restrictions, allowing the company to offer
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uncrippled, strong cryptography solutions to customers worldwide.
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The Apache Group is a group of individuals who are committed to
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developing the best web server in the world and making it freely
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available.
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