Why It Works So Well

Apache is just a fantastic product. It does everything you want it to do and none of the stuff that you don't want it to do. It's fast, reliable, and inexpensive. What more could you want from a piece of software?

Apache is able to be all of these things because it is Open Source. That means that everyone that uses the product has access to the source code. If they have an idea that would be useful, they can write the code for that feature and submit it back to the Apache Group for possible inclusion in the product.