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- From: wright@hsi.com (Gary Wright)
- Subject: Re: Is Client-Server dead?
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- Organization: 3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford CT
- References: <1992Nov17.111656@is.morgan.com> <1992Nov18.050812.20252@netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 13:44:08 GMT
- Lines: 21
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- In article <1992Nov18.050812.20252@netcom.com> nagle@netcom.com
- (John Nagle) writes:
-
- > The main purpose of client-server systems is isolation of the
- >manipulation of important data from the (probably graphical) user
- >interface.
-
- Why do we have to perpetuate the abuse of the "client-server" term?
- Client-server is an abstract concept with many concrete implementations.
-
- To claim that the computation/display relationship between two pieces
- of software is a special or primary meaning of "client-server" is to
- make that term less descriptive. What do I call two computational
- systems that communicate in a request/reply manner if the term
- client-server has been redefined to mean Microsoft Windows and SQL Server?
-
- Certainly NFS is based on a client-server concept but there is no
- display software at all in that system.
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