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Date:      Wed, 13 Aug 1997 10:59:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Steve <sckg@concentric.net>
Cc:        www@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: apache
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970813105702.1131C-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <33F29A0B.42F6@concentric.net>

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On Wed, 13 Aug 1997, Steve wrote:

> I just heard about Apache and was wondering what it's about.
> Can you tell me what it is? I couldn't really understand it on Apache's
> homepage...

Apache is the actual HTTP server that runs on your machine, that browsers
contact when they want pages from your computer.  It's the brains behind
the entire Web operation.

> Do I get a free web space or something?

Well, if you have a FreeBSD (or other UNIX) machine with sufficient disk
space and a link to the outside world, you can run Apache and make your
own "free" web space. :-)

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
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