What is Apache 2
When the World Wide Web first started out, there weren’t many servers to go around. There was only the Netscape Communication Corporation server, which is now known as Sun Java Systems, and that was it. So, as you must imagine, when the Apache HTTP server came onto the scene, there was a lot of hype.
Being the first viable alternative to the Netscape servers served Apache really well. Users who were fed up with the usual took on this server that runs on multiple platforms. In fact, the Apache web server has become so popular that it only took a mere four years for it to rival any other Unix-based web servers. Now it has grown into a fully-fledged organization (the Apache Software Foundation) which advocates free and open software.