Optimized for serving HTTP requests at a high throughput.
What possible reason is there for Apache deliberately slowing that down ?
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.