Apache and servers (split from why do people need fast computes)

[Sensei]

Apache httpd runs over 95% of the internet. Other web-servers are rare.

 

That's irrelevant to discussion (whether HTTP is compressed or not), and even not correct.

Apache owns 39.25% according to surveys.

http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2015/05/19/may-2015-web-server-survey.html

[fiveworlds]

That's irrelevant to discussion (whether HTTP is compressed or not), and even not correct.

Apache owns 39.25% according to surveys.

 

Apache httpd is just the windows version of the cern httpd which will not run on windows. In order for the server to be different it would have to not be running html. While I can make a server that doesn't run html it would be very difficult to make one that could compete. An example of a server not defined in the cern httpd would be bittorrent or limewire

Edited September 26, 2015 by fiveworlds

[Strange]

Apache httpd is just the windows version of the cern httpd which will not run on windows.

 

Apache is not "the Windows version" of anything. It is one implementation of an http server. It has been ported to Windows as well as Linux, but that is irrelevant to its functionality.

 

 

In order for the server to be different it would have to not be running html.

 

There are many different http servers. The stats link that Sensei posted mentions at least half a dozen different servers. And shows that your claim that "other web servers are rare" is nonsense.

 

An example of a server not defined in the cern httpd would be bittorrent or limewire

 

They are not web servers. So why mention them?

[Sensei]

Apache httpd is just the windows version of the cern httpd which will not run on windows. In order for the server to be different it would have to not be running html. While I can make a server that doesn't run html it would be very difficult to make one that could compete. An example of a server not defined in the cern httpd would be bittorrent or limewire

HTTP server does not know what is in layer above it. Doesn't have any idea about HTML.

One can have list of image files, or any other files for example, that have nothing to do with HTML.

It's as easy to make HTTP server replying HTML as any other file type.

 

According to

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CERN_httpd

CERN HTTPD was written on NextSTEP,

later ported to Unix.

 

An example of a server not defined in the cern httpd would be bittorrent or limewire

They're using HTTP ports/protocols to be as invisible/hard to detect transmissions as possible.

 

The stats link that Sensei posted mentions at least half a dozen different servers.

BTW, scienceforums.net is on nginx..

Edited September 27, 2015 by Sensei