Chapter 12. Apache on Microsoft Windows

 

“Better run for your life!” cried the Mad Hatter

“Alright,” said Alice…”I'm going back…

To the other side of the mirror”

 
 --Alice—The Other Side of the Mirror—Stevie Nicks

Apache 1.3a1 was released in July 1997. It was the first official version of Apache to run on Microsoft Windows. There were attempts prior to this to port Apache to Windows, some of them actually fairly successful. But this was the first official release from the Apache Group that you could download from apache.org and install on Windows.

However, throughout the 1.3 releases, the Windows documentation contained the following warning:

  • Warning: ...

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