Re: [Fresco-devel] Got it going!

On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 17:05, 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 ;-)

Oops, I did mean what I said, we just crossed nomenclatures.

I meant server in the sense of a fault-tolerant machine designed to
serve multple requests well (running the fresco demo _client_ software)
in the sense of it serving multiple people running the client from it to
their workstations (PC's running a fresco server).

Since we're on the subject, that really is a nasty bit of verbiage
you've carried over from X, and there's no need to do so.  Fresco is
such a jump from X in so many ways, why not improve the glossary as
well?

Everyone else uses the term 'server' to mean something completely
different from what it means in X, and it always throws newbies -- at
least every time I've watched.  Technically, of course, it's fairly
accurate; but who cares?  When's the last time you walked into an office
to find someone sitting as his desk waiting for users somewhere to make
a connection to his machine so he can see something pop up?  It's just
counter-intuitive.

Again, I'll cease now with the rant.

brgrds,
-Matt

> Regards,
> 		Stefan
> 
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