Re: [Fresco-devel] Got it going!

Nathaniel Smith <[email protected]> Wed, 23 Apr 2003 14:06:31 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.video.fresco.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 05:05:39PM -0400, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> Matthew Brown wrote:
> 
> >At any rate, has this all been tested across a network?  I'd think it
> >would be a killer demo to have a demo server setup where a user could
> >run a demo from the server, displaying to their machine locally.  Would
> >this be of value to you?  When I get my colo back up and stable, I'd be
> >happy to throw a machine there to handle this.
> 
> I think you are a bit confused concerning the meaning of 'server'. As
> 'server' means 'display server', it's the *local* machine (i.e. the one
> you are sitting in front of when viewing the demo) that is running the
> server. The demo can run from whereever it wants.
> You may be thinking in terms of 'application server' here...
> But don't worry, you are not the first to have fallen into that trap ;-)

I think he's actually talking about setting up a server machine
in a colo somewhere, and having it run Fresco clients on demand.
I.e., actually creating an "application server".

-- Nathaniel

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