Re: New word to replace "serverless"
Tim Streater <tim-4CHucJdzcMK/[email protected]>
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On 27 Jan 2020, at 22:18, Richard Hipp <[email protected]> wrote: > For many years I have described SQLite as being "serverless", as a way > to distinguish it from the more traditional client/server design of > RDBMSes. "Serverless" seemed like the natural term to use, as it > seems to mean "without a server". > > But more recently, "serverless" has become a popular buzz-word that > means "managed by my hosting provider rather than by me." Many > readers have internalized this new marketing-driven meaning for > "serverless" and are hence confused when they see my claim that > "SQLite is serverless". > > How can I fix this? What alternative word can I use in place of > "serverless" to mean "without a server"? Fundamentally SQLite is a library that you link in, either at app build time or later at runtime. I'd prefer a term that suggests this. -- Cheers -- Tim _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list [email protected] http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users