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The March 2000 Netcraft survey puts Apache at over 60% of all surveyed servers, with an impressive increase of 1.97%, or 1.4 million domains. All other servers showed a decrease in percentage, except for the mysterious mod_x-httpd-php3_script server which appears to be an Apache/PHP setup with a somewhat mangled Server: line.

The PHP Group announced today the latest and greatest beta version of PHP 4 (download here). PHP 4 is a rewrite of PHP 3 and incorporates the super-fast Zend engine. Noteworthy in this beta is built-in XML support, a PHP core repository and better session tracking. There's also a bunch of bug fixes as well. According to Netcraft, mod_php is the most popular Apache module in use.

The February Netcraft Survey is out with Apache showing its highest share ever: 58.08%. The number of hosts surveyed also passed the 10 mill mark. The survey also has some other notable nuggets, such as Apple introducing their MacOS X Server (which runs Apache) into the load balancing pool serving their site.

The January 2000 Netcraft survey is out, with Apache showing a 1% gain in share. What is interesting is that, with the exception of Netscape, all other servers suffered a decrease (or no change at all), according to the survey.

According to the December Netcraft survey, Apache can now be found running on over 5 million sites. Overall, Apache's "market share" dropped about a third of a percent, with the biggest change being a 0.77% increase by Zeus mostly due to its use by UUNet.

The latest Netscraft Survey is out. Apache enjoyed an over 1 percent increase, with Microsoft and Netscape showing some decreases. According to the survey, Apache has a 54.81 percent "market share." Also reported is the fact that Webjump actuals uses a hybrid setup with NT serving static content and the dynamic content with a Solaris/Apache/Perl system. Tucked away in the report is a small factoid that PHP is on over 1.1 million domains.

The latest Netscraft Survey is out. Apache enjoyed an over 1 percent increase, with Microsoft and Netscape showing some decreases. According to the survey, Apache has a 54.81 percent "market share." Also reported is the fact that Webjump actuals uses a hybrid setup with NT serving static content and the dynamic content with a Solaris/Apache/Perl system. Tucked away in the report is a small factoid that PHP is on over 1.1 million domains.

PHP version 4.0b3-RC5 (meaning PHP4, beta3, release-candidate 5) has been announced by the PHP Development Team. PHP is an extremely popular module for Apache and other web servers, as shown by this usage report obtained using Netcraft results. The PHP4 website still only refers to Beta2, though you can grab this Beta3 RC via CVS.
UPDATE: 11/16/99: PHP4.0b3 (the real thing) is released. Available here!

Bryan Crowl writes "Only yesterday all australians got to have their say in the historic referendum on becoming a republic. The Australian Electoral Commission have been using a Virtual tallyroom to allow people from all around the world to view statistics. Last night they posted some statistics about the amount of visitors , 6 million in the first 3 hours, or about 556 a second. And what was this server running to handle this sort of load, Linux(Redhat) and Apache(1.3.6) Check it out @ link "
You can also check it out for yourself by using the Netscape Poke. As we've always said, it's real world benchmarks that mean the most :) .

This week's ApacheWeek has the news that Amazon.com has switched from using Netscape's server to C2Net's Stronghold, an Apache-based commercial server (Stronghold is mostly known for it's SSL capability). Check out the Netcraft poke to see the setup Amazon is running.

The latest Netcraft Survey is out, covering through October 1999. Apache continues to lead the pack, but Microsoft's IIS showed a significant increase due to, basically, the influence of one web hosting company, Webjump.
Is the Netcraft survey still relevant? A cursory glance might lead some to believe that Apache decreased in the number of sites hosted, which is definitely not the case. Are there maybe better ways to display the numbers to give a more complete picture?

Zerbey writes "According to Linux Today The Royal Family's web site is now running Red Hat as apposed to Solaris. See for yourself on Netcraft. Congratulations, Ma'am :) "

Fionn tells us that German computer magazine c't is reporting that Altavista's German Server (in Germany) runs Red Hat Linux instead of Digital Unix as the US front-end server does. Netcraft confirms the story.

HoserHead writes "The new Netcraft Web Server Survey is out, and on it Apache has bypassed the two million site mark. In fact, it was the only web server software which increased in percentage: Everything else decreased. Apache now controls 54% of the web. Another Open Source Software triumph! "

Tsu writes "The much-referenced Netcraft web survey has turned three years old this month. It's interesting to look at how the fortunes of certain servers have changed, especially the declines in Netscape and NCSA servers and the gains made by Apache and Microsoft. This also marks the first month that plain-old Apache (not including derivatives) has had over 50% market share. "

Netcraft's April Survey shows Apache is still moving up. It grew 1.06% in market share and now tops a million installations on the net (including 3 of mine). MS went up .12% and Netscape dropping .16% this month as well. Thanks to Mike Prettejohn for sending this to us.

Netcraft is running the latest version of their web server reports. Up on top again is Apache web server of champions (and slashdot for that matter). Over 100,000 new apache servers this month. Also the IIS market share seems to have dropped.