In a follow-up to the recent article posted on Slashdot, Chris Shiflett has a bit more clarification for those out there jumping the gun on the topic:

Slashdot is running a story about the recent PHP and Apache 2 discussion - Is Apache 2.0 Worth the Switch for PHP?. I feel compelled to clarify (and support) Rich's main point, because it seems to be missed by quite a few people.

He believes that we shouldn't be actively discouraging people from upgrading to Apache 2. Otherwise, we should work together to fix whatever problems exist. This is mostly a reaction to the PHP documentation, which states: Do not use Apache 2.0.x and PHP in a production environment neither on Unix nor on Windows.

Basically, Chris' suggestion is to just let people decide for themselves. Trial and error is still one of the tried and true methods that a developer has, and trying to force an idea that something can never really work on them is taking some of that power away.