Re: Is Client-Server dead?

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From: Gary Wright
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 13:44

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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.
-- 
Gary Wright                                                 ...!uunet!hsi!wright
3M Health Information Systems                                     wright@hsi.com

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