Best httpd server?

[Jahova]

Preferably compatible for Windows. Apache seems sluggish and old, is there any better alternatives that you can suggest? Thanks.

[Blinger1]

I am guessing you have checked the wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_web_server_software)? This one (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_server#Market_structure) has the 6 most popular ones.

[Source]

Well, apache has never done me any bad - especially when setup correctly.

I don't know much about the windows side of things but here are some I have used and have been recommended in the past:

-Apache
-Lighttpd
-nginx
-Cherokee

Cherokee is the lightest of them all, but needs a bit of work to support PHP5. nginx is used by companies that have a lot of traffic as it seems to cope amazingly well.

However, apache seems your best bet.

[N!ck]

Apache for dynaminc content, Lighttpd for static content or just really low resource useage.

[Jahova]

I found these two which seem decent;

http://code.google.com/p/mongoose/
http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/
Other suggestions for a WINDOWS environment? Also, I've heard about lighttpd being good but I can't find it for Windows, just some old releases with limited support?

[Recursion]

Apache for dynaminc content, Lighttpd for static content or just really low resource useage.

Seconded.

[Flisker]

Apache for dynaminc content, Lighttpd for static content or just really low resource useage.
Thirded. I think Apache is the best one to use.