It's a shame that there isn't a company like Covalent around anymore that focuses on the Apache httpd web-server. nginx.com shows kinda clearly that having a motivated company behind a web-server helps grab market share and market awareness (they can continue to beat the drum about how fast and reliable they are, when so many benchmarks lately show that 2.4 is just as fast if not faster in actual response time, but we have limited ability to do that, and most reporters see us as Old "news" and nginx as the new hotness anyway)...
So who wants to get together and create a company around httpd? :) Honestly though, how much of the uptake in nginx do people think is actually due to nginx being "better" or the "best" choice, and how much do you think is due simply because it's *seen* as better or that we are seen as old and tired? This is our 20year anniversary... It would be cool to use that to remind people! :)
