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Modified: . Announcement Log: Includes suggestions from Marc and others Revision Changes Path 1.4 +17 -11 apachen/Announcement Index: Announcement =================================================================== RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apachen/Announcement,v retrieving revision 1.3 retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4 --- Announcement 1997/11/14 13:18:18 1.3 +++ Announcement 1997/11/15 15:38:21 1.4 @@ -2,30 +2,36 @@ Apache 1.3beta3 Released ------------------------ -The Apache Group is pleased to announce the release of the second public -beta release of Apache 1.3. +The Apache Group is pleased to announce the release of the 1.3b3 version +of Apache, the latest beta release of the Apache web server. Apache 1.3 offers numerous enhancements, improvements and performance -boosts over the 1.2 codebase. The most visible and noteworthy addition +boosts over the 1.2 code base. The most visible and noteworthy addition is the ability to run Apache under Windows 95 and NT (known as the ``Win32'' port). Apache 1.3b3 under both Win32 and UNIX has undergone extensive testing, -and is much improved over the previous 1.3b2 release. In particular, -the 1.3b2 release for Win32 was considered a ``developers version.'' -We feel pretty confident that the Win32 port is ready for a much wider -audience, and with that in mind, we are providing pre-compiled -executables for the Win32 platform. +and is much improved over the previous 1.3b2 release. In particular, the +1.3b2 release for Win32 was considered a ``developers version.'' We feel +confident that the Win32 port is ready for a wider audience, and with that +in mind, we are providing pre-compiled executables for the Win32 platform, +as well as a true Win32 environment Installer (InstallShield). This is, +however, still a beta release and there are known issues that will be +fixed before the final 1.3 release. + +Please be sure to read the CHANGES file and the "New Features with Apache +1.3" document (at http://www.apache.org/docs/new_features_1_3.html). +This is particularly important if you are using non-IP based virtual hosts. Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April of 1996. The September 1997 WWW server site survey by Netcraft (see: http://www.netcraft.co.uk/Survey/) found that more web servers were -using Apache than any other software. Apache and its derivatives are run -on over 48% of all web domains on the Internet. +using Apache than any other software. Apache and its derivatives are run +on over 49% of all web domains on the Internet. The Apache project has been organized in an attempt to answer some of the concerns regarding active development of a public domain HTTP server -for UNIX. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and +for UNIX. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible server which provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards.
