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
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?
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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
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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."
Re:uh (Score:2)
I thought that was supposed to be WebSphere.