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> Apache has support for the same event driven model that NGINX has. Since most people get their copy of Apache from their distribution they're often getting a

by kijin 9y ago

> Apache has support for the same event driven model that NGINX has. Since most people get their copy of Apache from their distribution they're often getting a rather old version of Apache. I don't think that's fair to Linux distros, either. Most popular distros have been shipping mpm_event for quite a few years, even if not enabled by default (because of mod_php). I understand that as a developer of a phenomenal piece of software, you would prefer everyone to use the latest and greatest version. But for a typical user, Apache is so stable that the difference between CentOS's 2.4.6, Ubuntu's 2.4.18, and the latest version doesn't look large enough to have a significant effect in an "Apache vs. nginx" debate. After all, distros ship outdated versions of everything, including nginx.

breser 9y ago
Maybe my view here is somewhat jaded on distro versions since from the time 2.4 was released it was serveral years before major distros actually were shipping it. Some of that was just coincidence that 2.4 was released right after several distros froze for their major versions. But yes the difference between patch versions is usually quite small.