This is the beauty of open source. Apache 1.3 is still widely used, and many products are still based on it. If the Apache Foundation no longer wants to maintain it, others are free to pick it up and carry on. I wouldn't be surprised if this happened sooner rather than later.
Yes, the "beauty of open source" is that people waste time and energy on an obsolete product. Reminds me of Microsoft.
From Webster's, "obsolete": 1 a : no longer in use or no longer useful b : of a kind or style no longer current : old-fashioned
Whilst Apache 1.3 may very well fit the second definition, it certainly doesn't fit the first. It it still useful for a great many people, particularly those who serve static content for a single domain. They have no use for virtual directories and multiple domain hosting, or many of the Apache 2 features that have caused so much bloat and resource consumption.
I dare say that Lighttpd does everything Apache 1.3 does, and a whole lot more, and is superior to Apache 1.3 WRT to the features, footprint, etc that make Apache 1.3 still appealing to many. At one point Debian stopped offering Apache 1.3. I didn't want to install it from source or an RPM to deb conversion. I went searching and found Lighttpd, and I'm oh so glad I did. Lighttpd is a natural progression for those needing/wanting to migrate away from Apache 1.3 but who abhor the complexity and bloat of Apache2.
Whilst Apache 1.3 may very well fit the second definition, it certainly doesn't fit the first. It it still useful for a great many people, particularly those who serve static content for a single domain. They have no use for virtual directories and multiple domain hosting
I've been using vhosts and multiple domain hosting on 1.3 for the past 10 years or so.
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This is the beauty of open source. Apache 1.3 is still widely used, and many products are still based on it. If the Apache Foundation no longer wants to maintain it, others are free to pick it up and carry on. I wouldn't be surprised if this happened sooner rather than later.
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Yes, the "beauty of open source" is that people waste time and energy on an obsolete product. Reminds me of Microsoft.
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Yes, the "beauty of open source" is that people waste time and energy on an obsolete product. Reminds me of Microsoft.
From Webster's, "obsolete": 1 a : no longer in use or no longer useful b : of a kind or style no longer current : old-fashioned
Whilst Apache 1.3 may very well fit the second definition, it certainly doesn't fit the first. It it still useful for a great many people, particularly those who serve static content for a single domain. They have no use for virtual directories and multiple domain hosting, or many of the Apache 2 features that have caused so much bloat and resource consumption.
I dare say that Lighttpd does everything Apache 1.3 does, and a whole lot more, and is superior to Apache 1.3 WRT to the features, footprint, etc that make Apache 1.3 still appealing to many. At one point Debian stopped offering Apache 1.3. I didn't want to install it from source or an RPM to deb conversion. I went searching and found Lighttpd, and I'm oh so glad I did. Lighttpd is a natural progression for those needing/wanting to migrate away from Apache 1.3 but who abhor the complexity and bloat of Apache2.
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Whilst Apache 1.3 may very well fit the second definition, it certainly doesn't fit the first. It it still useful for a great many people, particularly those who serve static content for a single domain. They have no use for virtual directories and multiple domain hosting
I've been using vhosts and multiple domain hosting on 1.3 for the past 10 years or so.