> Apache has support for the same event driven model that NGINX has. Since most people get their copy of Apache from their distribution they're often getting a rather old version of Apache.

I don't think that's fair to Linux distros, either. Most popular distros have been shipping mpm_event for quite a few years, even if not enabled by default (because of mod_php).

I understand that as a developer of a phenomenal piece of software, you would prefer everyone to use the latest and greatest version. But for a typical user, Apache is so stable that the difference between CentOS's 2.4.6, Ubuntu's 2.4.18, and the latest version doesn't look large enough to have a significant effect in an "Apache vs. nginx" debate. After all, distros ship outdated versions of everything, including nginx.