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Modified: . Announcement Log: Get ready for the 1.3b3 release... Start thinking about the Announcement Revision Changes Path 1.3 +12 -11 apachen/Announcement Index: Announcement =================================================================== RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apachen/Announcement,v retrieving revision 1.2 retrieving revision 1.3 diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3 --- Announcement 1997/10/17 19:44:14 1.2 +++ Announcement 1997/11/14 13:18:18 1.3 @@ -1,20 +1,21 @@ -Apache 1.3beta2 Released +ROUGH DRAFT COPY +Apache 1.3beta3 Released ------------------------ -The Apache Group is pleased to announce the release of the first public -beta release of Apache 1.3. Apache 1.3b1 was never formally released, -thus making 1.3b2 the first beta. +The Apache Group is pleased to announce the release of the second public +beta release of Apache 1.3. Apache 1.3 offers numerous enhancements, improvements and performance boosts over the 1.2 codebase. The most visible and noteworthy addition -is the ability to run Apache under Windows 95 and NT. +is the ability to run Apache under Windows 95 and NT (known as the +``Win32'' port). -Apache 1.3b2 under UNIX has undergone extensive testing, but there are -known issues in the current release. The Windows port has not undergone -as strenuous a workout. At present, the Windows port should be considered -a ``developers version'' including only the source and no pre-compiled -binaries at present. It is anticipated that a binary-release will be -available ``shortly''. +Apache 1.3b3 under both Win32 and UNIX has undergone extensive testing, +and is much improved over the previous 1.3b2 release. In particular, +the 1.3b2 release for Win32 was considered a ``developers version.'' +We feel pretty confident that the Win32 port is ready for a much wider +audience, and with that in mind, we are providing pre-compiled +executables for the Win32 platform. Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April of 1996. The September 1997 WWW server site survey by Netcraft (see:
