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The "rise" of lighttpd? I think it's dying now. Apache 2.2 and Nginx are the kings of the hill.

• davidw 19y ago
  It seems every 6 months or so, one of these single process, select based servers comes out as the "apache killer", only to fall prey to a later successor. Anyone else remember boa?
  • staunch 19y ago
    That's not really true at all. BOA did almost nothing but serve static files and there was no consistent development. Same is true of thttpd and all the rest. Lighty and Nginx are becoming full-featured multiplexing servers. It's a lot of work to add features when all the code must be super reliable and non-blocking. No serious open source effort has ever been made. Zeus has been the only option for years, but it's commercial and expensive. They've made millions filling this void.