I doubt Apache with or without mod_aolserver will beat AOLserver too. Especially with mod_aolserver trying to compare to the real thing.
If you compare the core Apache with core AOLserver, AOLserver beats the crap out of Apache. The advantage I see in Apache are its modules. For example, I have been looking around on how to implement virtual servers in AOLserver 3 and haven't found how to do it. Apache also has a nice mod_ssl that uses OpenSSL, which hopefully AOLserver will use as well. Those are the two main things I see that AOLserver really needs work on.
