Andrew Ford wrote:
William A. Rowe Jr. wrote:
On 3/17/2010 4:43 PM, Andrew Ford wrote:
In my opinion a better, clearer name would just be Apache Web Server.
That isn't the name of 2.0/2.2 but I will be happy to add this to STATUS
as a recommendation for the next iteration :) The issue in the past
is that
the Tomcat (and now Geronimo) folk can legitimately object to this
statement.
What is the short name of the "Apache Web Server"? "Server"? That
would be
a problem. Certainly not "Web", and the reason for this entire
exercise is
that the Apache folk decided to let hundreds of other pieces of software
call themselves "Apache", so that is out, too.
People will continue to refer to it as just "Apache". The
documentation could refer to it as "the server" or "the web server" or
"the httpd program" as seems appropriate in the context, having
established in introductory material that the proper name was "the
Apache Web Server" (and pointing out that Apache is actually the name
of the foundation and can be applied to a wider set of projects). To
me such usage just sounds more natural and less forced.
Actually, there might be more of a chance of getting a new identity to
stick by calling it "Apache Web Server (AWS)" and then referring to the
abbreviation AWS everywhere. Then one could say "It is not 'Apache', it
is 'Apache Web Server' or 'AWS' for short", and people might start using
the new abbreviation. As I said before "HTTPD" is ugly - it also sounds
to my Unix hacker's ears like an anonymous HTTP daemon and looks like a
random string of five consonants. "AWS" is easier to spell out, and
doesn't seem to be in use for any other technical project or body
(having googled for "define: AWS"). It has a certain similarity to
"IIS", which might not be a bad thing.
Andrew
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