What do you mean what is the point ?
The obvious assumption with all software is that it is optimised out of the box.
The obvious assumption with all software is that it is optimised out of the box.
What possible reason is there for Apache deliberately slowing that down ?
Just off the top of my head, how about...
- Simplifying the initial setup?
- Making the default configuration simpler to understand?
- Dialing up logging to make your initial configuration easier to monitor / debug?
- Performance options with security implications (e.g. ok if other parts of your infrastructure are up-to-snuff, but otherwise...)?
The default configuration should be tuned to the needs of whoever is most likely to be using it. I have a hunch that's far more likely to be people using an Apache server (maybe even a web server) for the first time than people with extreme performance requirements.