Re: [cobalt-users] Red Hat Tux 2.0 blows away Apache

["Paul" <paulbentz@xxxxxxxx>]

>ZD is running a story about the Tux webserver that RedHat has built.
>3 times the speed of Apache.  Hmmm...

Just a few thoughts on this new whiz-bang-change-the-world Web server:

Apache was designed to be moderately fast, free, and run on as many server
hardware and software configurations as possible. That's why it is the main
Web server software out on the Internet. Sure, it doesn't support every
feature you want, but you can easily hack it/patch it/"modulize" it to fit
your needs. It's not extremely fast, but how many people REALLY get several
thousand transactions PER SECOND?
In contrast Tux seems to only work well with Linux 2.4, and on certain
platforms. SSL? Nope, but "it's in development."
IMHO, people will not go for fickle, new server software that's not
thoroughly tested for the sake of more transactions per second, unless they
are running something like CNN.com.
Paul