<li><a href="#name">Why the name "Apache"?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#compare">OK, so how does Apache compare to
+ <li><a href="#compare">How does Apache compare to
other servers?</a></li>
<li><a href="#tested">How thoroughly tested is
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<li>
- <a id="compare" name="compare"><strong>OK, so how does
+ <a id="compare" name="compare"><strong>How does
Apache compare to other servers?</strong></a>
<p>Benchmarks tend to be a measure of configuration competance,
<a id="tested" name="tested"><strong>How thoroughly tested
is Apache?</strong></a>
- <p>Apache is run on over 6 million Internet servers (as of
- February 2000). It has been tested thoroughly by both
- developers and users. The Apache Group maintains rigorous
+ <p>Apache is run on over 110 million Internet servers (as of
+ April 2010) (Source, <a
+ href="http://netcraft.com/">Netcraft</a>).
+ It has been tested thoroughly by both
+ developers and users. The Apache HTTP Server Project Management
+ Committee maintains rigorous
standards before releasing new versions of their server,
and our server runs without a hitch on over one half of all
WWW servers available on the Internet. When bugs do show
href="news:comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows">comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows</a>
newsgroup (as appropriate for the platform you use), where
some of the Apache team lurk, in the company of many other
- httpd gurus who should be able to help.</p>
+ httpd gurus who should be able to help. The <code>#httpd</code>
+ channel on the <code>irc.freenode.net</code> IRC network is a
+ good place for quick questions.</p>
<p>Commercial support for Apache is, however, available
from a number of third parties.</p>
information available on Apache?</strong></a>
<p>Indeed there is. See the main <a
- href="http://httpd.apache.org/">Apache web site</a>. There
- is also a regular electronic publication called <a
- href="http://www.apacheweek.com/" rel="Help"><cite>Apache
- Week</cite></a> available. Links to relevant <cite>Apache
- Week</cite> articles are included below where appropriate.
- There are also some <a
- href="http://httpd.apache.org/info/apache_books.html">Apache-specific
- books</a> available.</p>
+ href="http://httpd.apache.org/">Apache web site</a>.
+ There are also many <a
+ href="http://www.apachebookstore.com/confluence/oss/display/BOOKS/Books+on+Apache+HTTP+Server+(httpd)">books about the Apache HTTP Server</a>
+ available.</p>
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