PHP Magazine has a new note this morning of a true milestone in the Open Source community - the Apache web server is turning 10!

The Apache Web Server Project is now 10 years old. In a post on the apache-httpd development mailing list, Roy Fielding, a co-founder of the project had this to say, "Ten years ago today, the Apache Group decloaked with the creation of the new-httpd archive and initial accounts on hyperreal.org". Apache hit another milestone earlier this month when a Netcraft Web Server Survey found 40 million sites now running on the Apache server, which powers nearly 70 percent of web sites.

Apache was detected on 658 sites in the initial Netcraft survey in August 1995, just six months after the project's launch, when its 3.5 percent market share was dwarfed by software from NCSA (57 percent) and CERN (19.7 percent). The Apache server reached 10 million sites in June 2000, 20 million in November 2001 and 30 million in November 2003.

Apache truely has been a blessing to the online community - whether you're a large supporter of Open Source software or not. Everyone from hosting companies to larger, brick-and-mortar businesses have recognized that the Apache project is, by far, one of the most successful projects in the community to date.

For more details see this mailing list posting on apache-httpd dev...