Momchil Velikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Kai Gro�johann wrote: > > A `server' in the Hurd roughly corresponds to a kernel module in > > Linux. This is about a million miles away from the term `server' used > > to describe, say, a Web server or mail server. > > Hmm... I believe, just the opposite is true, a Hurd server is much > more like a Web server or mail server, i.e., all they have ports and > communicate with their clients by exchanging messages on these > ports, as opposed to a direct function call or trap.
You are arguing from the perspective of how it works. I'm arguing from what it does. Maybe I should clarify that by `Web server' I meant a computer which has Linux and Apache installed. Likewise, by `mail server' I meant a computer. I wasn't talking about the programs sendmail and httpd. kai -- Life is hard and then you die.
