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The Final Release of Apache HTTP Server 1.3

Posted by timothy on from the people-of-earth-you're-on-your-own dept.

Kyle Hamilton writes "The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.42 of the Apache HTTP Server ('Apache'). This release is intended as the final release of version 1.3 of the Apache HTTP Server, which has reached end of life status There will be no more full releases of Apache HTTP Server 1.3. However, critical security updates may be made available."

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  1. Re:Open Source by Chris+Lawrence · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But it's their time to spend as they want. There are people working on a new port of Firefox to Mac OS 9 (Classilla). That's an operating system that hasn't been updated in 10 years. But if people are having fun doing this, that's great. If the product was closed source, there would simply be no option.

  2. Re:web servers to app servers by h4rr4r · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just wait, it will come back. The wheel of computing just goes around and around, now we are reinventing thin clients via netbooks used only to use webapps. In another 5-10 years people will want thick clients again and websites that are actually usable and informative.

  3. Will Slashdot Upgrade? by swajr · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I wonder if slashdot is actually going to upgrade now...