On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:25:59 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: >> any computer that doesn't sit on or under someone's desk can be called a >"server" > >No, no, no. It is not productive that the mainframe veterans have one >definition for server and the rest of the world has a different one. Server >is a computer science architectural term. It has nothing to do with the size >or location of the box. An Intel chip could be a server and (in a given >system) a z/OS mainframe could be a client. > Size doesn't matter? For example, consider X11, where the terms are widely misused. I have X11 clients on z/OS communicating with an X11 server on my laptop (with an Intel chip).
For clarity, the OP in this thread should have made the distinction concerning FTP. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
