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A PAtCHy server
Conservapedia runs the Apache HTTP Server to host [[MediaWiki]].
Conservapedia runs the Apache HTTP Server to host [[MediaWiki]].
The name is a play on words, indicating that the software was 'a patchy Web server' during or after original development, when [[software patch]]es were circulated to add features and correct bugs.<ref>'The half-dozen or so volunteer developers in the original project sent in so many revisions, Behlendorf says, the group called it "a patchy Web server."' [http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/open_source/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196900465 InformationWeek] - January 13, 2007 </ref>
The name is a play on words, indicating that the software was 'a patchy Web server' during or after original development, when [[software patch]]es were circulated to add features and correct bugs.<ref>'The half-dozen or so volunteer developers in the original project sent in so many revisions, [[Behlendorf]] says, the group called it "a patchy Web server."' [http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/open_source/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196900465 InformationWeek] - January 13, 2007 </ref><ref>"The [[Apache group]] was formed around a number of people who provided patch files that had been written for NCSA httpd 1.3. The result after combining them was A PAtCHy server." [http://web.archive.org/web/19961028123412/http://www.apache.org/info.html Information on the Apache HTTP Server Project]</ref>
It also sounds aggressive and successful (see [[Apache tribe]]). It's not clear which came first, the pun or the "respect" for the tribe.<ref>"At first the group referred to their project by the joke name "A Patchy Server" -- in reference to the patches they were applying to the [[NCSA]] server to add features and fixes." [http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2000/02/34302#ixzz167juwoxG Wired]</ref>
It also sounds aggressive and successful (see [[Apache tribe]]). It's not clear which came first, the pun or the "respect" for the tribe.<ref>"At first the group referred to their project by the joke name "A Patchy Server" -- in reference to the patches they were applying to the [[NCSA]] server to add features and fixes." [http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2000/02/34302#ixzz167juwoxG Wired]</ref>