On 27 Jan 2020, at 22:18, Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote:

> For many years I have described SQLite as being "serverless", as a way
> to distinguish it from the more traditional client/server design of
> RDBMSes.  "Serverless" seemed like the natural term to use, as it
> seems to mean "without a server".
>
> But more recently, "serverless" has become a popular buzz-word that
> means "managed by my hosting provider rather than by me."  Many
> readers have internalized this new marketing-driven meaning for
> "serverless" and are hence confused when they see my claim that
> "SQLite is serverless".
>
> How can I fix this?  What alternative word can I use in place of
> "serverless" to mean "without a server"?

Fundamentally SQLite is a library that you link in, either at app build time or 
later at runtime. I'd prefer a term that suggests this.


-- 
Cheers  --  Tim
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