On Thursday, Oct 9, 2003, at 19:27 Europe/Amsterdam, Prather, Wanda wrote:
If the machine provides SERVICES to other machines, it is a server. If it is used standalone, it is a workstation/desktop.
Now I have an intresting question. What would a sunray server be? In some way it is used it is a workstation that is used by several people at the same time. Is it a multiheaded ws?
And how would I have to count my workstation, that runs a webserver for some small test (no production)?
Hope that helps. Sigh.
Well it is still no formal definition. I was hoping for a url hidden somewhere in www.ibm.com...
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