On 10/4/23 21:30, Daniel Gruno wrote:
On 2023-10-04 14:01, Antony Stone wrote:
On Wednesday 04 October 2023 at 20:48:19, Jason Long wrote:
Hello,Thanks again.Why has Apache Foundation never tested Apache
performance with Nginx?
I am not affiliated with the Apache Foundation in any way, but I would
guess
that the primary reason is that one can make statistics say almost
whatever
one wants them to, simply by selecting the data or analysis which
supports the
desired outcome. Therefore nobody is going to trust numbers put out
either by
the Apache Foundation, or by Nginx, showing how they compare against the
competition. I'm not saying that either of these organisations would be
lying, but they'd be expected to choose the tests and scenarios which
show
them up in the most favourable comparative light possible.
A secondary reason is that one person's use of a web server is not the
same as
another's, so any benchmarks showing Apache vs. Nginx would be
idealistic and
almost certainly not what any specific real-world implementation would
achieve.
Suppose you wanted to compare two makes of cars to find out which is
"faster,
more secure and better" (to quote from the subject line of your
email). Would
you want such a comparison to be done by manufacturer A, manufacturer
B, or an
independent third party? No matter who it's done by, does their
definition of
"better" match with yours (assuming you're a potential purchaser of
one of the
cars)?
The more official, canonical reason is that NGINX is a commercial
company making an "open core" product, while the ASF is a non-profit.
The ASF cannot and does not want to compete with other products or
companies. It is not our mission, and we frankly do not care about
market shares or the likes. We are volunteers working on making a free
piece of software that can be used by whomever wants to use it.
Additionally comparing NGINX with Apache HTTPD server is comparing a
kitchen knife to a Swiss army knife... The choice depends on what you
need to do ;-)
Antony.
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Jean-Frederic
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