httpd lineage

[Thomas Charron]

On 2/8/07, Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> wrote:
> Well, yeah, sure, but the http server was the first, and is the most
> well known project to come from the ASF.  It has *always* been
> referred to as 'apache' when talking about "the web server I run on my
> linux box" by Joe Linux-user.  There is nothing from the ASF that is
> as well known.  It's also the *only* ASF project to not actually have
> a name, a al tomcat, jackrabbit, etc.

  When dealing with software which handles HTTP in any way, generally,
we call it Apache Web Server, specificall to differentiate Apache
Tomcat.

> Well, this is clearly user error and said user ought to be beaten with
> a clue-stick until they attain the level of pedantry required to
> effectively communicate with those of our nature ;)

  Not really.  Apache can handle Tomcat and anything else within the
same instance.  I can run it separately, or together.

  Actually, I suppose in a way your right.  From a lower level
standpoint, the Apache httpd is using a module to communicate with the
Tomcat Application server, but it's a blurry line, because of the way
the Apache module works.

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-- Thomas