How Apache Is Losing The Web To NGINX

Some parts of the platform stack are so ubiquitous that that are almost transparent. Commercialized web servers were the first part of the Internet to make the jump from service providers to enterprises, and they made companies like Netscape, IBM, Microsoft, and Red Hat rich in those early days.

The open source Apache web server rose to prominence along with the open source and Linux software movements that coincided with the rise of Internet-style networking and computing, and for several decades the Apache web server has dominated the installed base. But the NGINX web serving and load balancing platform, which is also open source, has been making steady gains in recent years, and it looks like it won’t be too long before it surpasses Apache in the installed base.

What is going on here?

Read More: http://www.nextplatform.com/2016/02/24/how-apache-is-losing-the-web-to-nginx/
updated by @jimmy: 05/27/16 11:08:28AM

I haven't had time to read the whole thing but this looks like a good article:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/apache-vs-nginx-practical-considerations


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I'll check that out! I use both, but since I started using centminmod.com for my servers, I've moved to using Nginx. If you haven't ever check out centminmod.com it's one of the best LEMPs I've ever used. eva2000 (developer) is a really smart guy - check out the centminmod forums.