From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 11 21:49:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-26-235-186.mmcable.com [65.26.235.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6C63037B42C for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2001 21:49:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mwm@mired.org) Received: (qmail 92793 invoked by uid 100); 12 Apr 2001 04:49:24 -0000 From: Mike Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15061.13268.347161.47426@guru.mired.org> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 23:49:24 -0500 To: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDi Acquired by Embedded Computing Firm Wind River In-Reply-To: <117124895@toto.iv> X-Mailer: VM 6.90 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> types: > In "How Networks Work", by F.J. Derfler, Jr. and Les Freed, Chap. 18, > "Server-Based LANs", the authors refer to the PCs hung off the Server as > Clients. In Part 5 "Workgroup Applications", they point out that "the term > client/server has a slightly different context..." -- which I understand! > For example, Apache(web server) running on the Server; Netscape(web > client/browser) running on a Client. mySQL(server) on the Server; a CGI > script on the Client. Am I close? CGI scripts run on the server, not the client. JavaScript runs on the client. > To complicate the issue ;) .... I suppose that "server" software doesn't > necessarly *have* to be running on the "Server". It could just as well be > running on a big-buck Workstation-- no? Or an el-cheapo box built out of spare parts. I have one server on a book pc, just to conserve space. > Now... for the distinction you make (above) between Windows and Unix -- > say that I have a win95 box hung off a FreeBSD gateway box, the latter > sporting Apache and mySQL. Throw in a third box into this LAN - a FreeBSD > "Client" with StarOffice, Netscape, Mutt and a few odds an ends. I build > a private Website to be served on the "gateway"/"Server" box by > Apache/mySQL. What differences would I observe when I accessed the > Website from the win95 box compared to accessing same from the FreeBSD > "desktop" box? Netscape on the FreeBSD box, and IE on the win95 box are > both "presentation"/"client" apps. So where's the diff? I'm not seeing > something I'm sure! The difference is that the FreeBSD client will be more stable, reliable, and deliver better bang/buck. Having helped run some fairly large Unix installations, I'd say that Ted's characterization of Unix workstations is flawed. The only real difference between using Unix on the desktop - even FreeBSD - and using Windows is the applications selections. http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message