Re: Lots more questions...
Re: Lots more questions...
- Subject: Re: Lots more questions...
- From: Sean Ahern <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:03:03 -0800
Joseph R. Kiniry wrote:
> How is it backwards? You run a server on a machine to which clients
> (window managers, xterms, etc.) connect. It is exactly the same as all
> client server apps, it simply is the case that people are not used to
> thinking that they are starting server processes (like X).
The reason it seems backward to many people is that most servers are
generally "out there" somewhere. File servers, mail servers, etc. Any
place that it not their local box. Their local box runs a client that
connects to those servers.
On the other hand, an X server provides graphics capabilities of the local
box. And the clients which use that X server's services can often times
run somewhere else.
While it's still consistent with the definition of "server" and "client",
X11 breaks people's concept of where they expect the client and server
processes to be.
-Sean
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