Apache in the News

Since becoming the #1 Web server, Apache has featured in a number of reviews and articles. If you have seen a story about Apache on the Web or in the press let us know so that we can include it here.

WebWeek, March 17th 1997, "New Web Server Blasts Pages Across the Net"

HTTP/1.1 support improves web speed by two to eight times - Apache support for HTTP/1.1 complete.

PC Week, December 16th, "The Net sires many of year's best products, technologies"

Apache named to PC Week's Top Ten for 1996

iX Multiuser Multitasking Magazin, Dezember 1996, "Forwarded -- URL manipulation with Apache"

A six page featuring article about the new URL rewriting module (mod_rewrite) which was contributed to Apache 1.2. Original article was written in german and published in the print version #12/96 of iX. The translated version was published on the Web, only.

Interactive Week, November 11th, "Wagons Circle, But Apache Server Still Alive"

Apache increases its lead throughout October; IW interviews several Apache users to find out why.

Computer Currents, 2 August 1996, "Apache Consolidates Lead In Web Server Market"
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The August survey of World Wide Web servers has found the number running the Apache software have continued to grow with the gap widening against the competition

c|net, 1 August 1996, "Gates: Explorer will be huge"

On the Web server side, however, Gates doesn't see Netscape as his chief competitor. "Apache [free Web server software distributed over the Net] is our biggest competitor. It's gaining share faster than Netscape."

Netscape World, July 1996, "Apache on the warpath, NCSA getting scalped"

..Apache retains the lion's share of the server software market, and its numbers are growing as the NCSA server falls from favor.

Websmith, July 1996, "How to hack your server"

Many times faster than CGI, the Apache API gives developers direct access to the server core. This is the first in a series of articles dealing with the Apache API.

c|net, 6 June 1996, "Netscape fixes Apache in its sights"

While Netscape Communications has by far the largest piece of the browser market, the company's Web server software lags well behind its freeware counterparts. Now, Netscape has started trying harder to figure out why.

WebWeek, 20 May 1996, "Apache Leads Web Server Pack"

"Apache users are a fiercely loyal bunch who report that the development team behind Apache has done a great job in quickly adding features and addressing bugs in the platform."

SunWorld Online, May 1996, "What to Look for in a Web Server"

"...if you're willing to invest a little time and want excellent support from the best minds in the industry, Apache is the clear winner. "

Apache Group Press Release, 4 Apr 1996

"The Apache Group today announced that their popular webserver, Apache, was found by the Netcraft Web Server Survey to be the most popular server on the Internet"