Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:30:28 +0200 From: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_C=2E_Sm=F8rgrav_?= <dag-erli@ifi.uio.no> Cc: FreeBSD-chat <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Network Computers Message-ID: <19980921153028.A3570@cityip.co.za> In-Reply-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=3Cxzpn27tobrd=2Efsf=40urdarbrunni=2Eifi=2Euio=2Eno=3E=3B?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?_from_Dag-Erling_C=2E_Sm=F8rgrav__on_Mon=2C_Sep_21=2C_199?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?8_at_03:07:02PM_%2B0200?= References: <199809210821.BAA21618@word.smith.net.au> <xzpn27tobrd.fsf@urdarbrunni.ifi.uio.no>
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On Mon, 21 Sep 1998 at 15:07 SAT, Dag-Erling C. Smørgrav wrote:
>
> I'll rephrase Jason's question: how does an NC differ from a diskless
> workstation? To me, the entire NC concept sounds very much like
> reinventing some kind of wheel.
I agree. However, as I understand it, the whole NC concept relies heavily on
the Java / executable bytecode concept. So the difference might possibly be
summarised by a table such as this:
| Program storage | Program execution
----------------+---------------------+------------------
(X) Terminal | Server | Server
Client/Server | Client | Client
NC | Server | Client
(Note that I in no way claim expertise; to me, NCs are things about which I
read in trade rags.)
-- V
Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878
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