Apache HTTPD - more commonly known as simply "Apache" is the flagship product of the Apache Foundation.
But they took over the Tomcat J2EE server and spread out into an entire Java domain - "Jakarta".
Jakarta Tomcat is now known as Apache Tomcat, however, and most of the other jakarta projects have been made into "apache" projects.
And yes, as a Tomcat support person, I do find it annoying that clueless people will ask me questions about "apache" and the first thing I have do do is figure out which Apache they are talking about. Especially since it's very common for Apache HTTPD to reverse proxy one or more Apache Tomcat servers and they may be referring to both as though it was one product.
the first thing I have do do is figure out which Apache they are talking about
Reminds me of IBM Tivoli which has a host of unrelated things under one umbrella
Other: "You do Tivoli, right?"
Me: "Tivoli Monitoring, to be precise. Well, only ITM6 really, which is just rebadged Candle after they bought Candle out. I don't know much about previous versions."
Other: "Whatever. There's this backup issue..."
Me. "I think you'll find that's Tivoli Storage Manager. A completely unrelated product that I've never worked with."
uh (Score:1)
when did apache become something else than a webserver?
Re:uh (Score:3)
Apache HTTPD - more commonly known as simply "Apache" is the flagship product of the Apache Foundation.
But they took over the Tomcat J2EE server and spread out into an entire Java domain - "Jakarta".
Jakarta Tomcat is now known as Apache Tomcat, however, and most of the other jakarta projects have been made into "apache" projects.
And yes, as a Tomcat support person, I do find it annoying that clueless people will ask me questions about "apache" and the first thing I have do do is figure out which Apache they are talking about. Especially since it's very common for Apache HTTPD to reverse proxy one or more Apache Tomcat servers and they may be referring to both as though it was one product.
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the first thing I have do do is figure out which Apache they are talking about
Reminds me of IBM Tivoli which has a host of unrelated things under one umbrella
Other: "You do Tivoli, right?"
Me: "Tivoli Monitoring, to be precise. Well, only ITM6 really, which is just rebadged Candle after they bought Candle out. I don't know much about previous versions."
Other: "Whatever. There's this backup issue..."
Me. "I think you'll find that's Tivoli Storage Manager. A completely unrelated product that I've never worked with."
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I thought that was supposed to be WebSphere.