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- From: danh@quantum.on.ca (Dan Hildebrand)
- Subject: Re: Is Client-Server dead?
- Message-ID: <gskqkj=@quantum.on.ca>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 20:33:50 GMT
- Organization: Quantum Software Systems
- References: <1992Nov17.111656@is.morgan.com>
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- In article <1992Nov17.111656@is.morgan.com> mpiet@is.morgan.com (Mark Pietrasanta) writes:
- >Okay. I'll ask it. Is Client-Server going down the tubes in
- >favor of peer-to-peer?
-
- Client-server applications are what you run on a network. Whether or not
- that network has "servers" and "workstations" or runs "peer-to-peer" does
- not change this.
-
- >Are networks like Novell, Banyan, etc. that rely on the logical
- >star of client-server a thing of the past now that Unix and
- >Microsoft's Windows for Workgroups and Windows NT are on the
- >horizon?
-
- You will still likely have your database server process running on the node
- with the big disk, fast processor and tape backup. As a result, that node
- becomes a "server", even though the OS may be capable of making any node on
- the LAN a server.
-
- >It would seem that business is more suited to a peer-to-peer
- >environment, although IS typically isn't. How do we IS'ers
- >maintain our role (or any role) as the business units start to
- >welcome the new peer philosophy? Especially if they embrace
- >Microsoft's solutions, which will mean they can support and
- >develop with minimal man-hours and without IS?
-
- Someone will still need to do the administration ( backups, installation
- of new software, upgrades, etc ).
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