Stupid server semantic argument (was: Non Linux but network tech question)

[Thomas Charron]

On 6/21/07, Bill McGonigle <bill at bfccomputing.com> wrote:
> On Jun 19, 2007, at 13:05, Thomas Charron wrote:
> >  No, it isn't.  It isn't a client either.  It's a 'collaborative'
> > application, where there isn't a client or a server, just peers which
> > send data to each other.
> Are we talking about perception or implementation?  At the
> implementation level, Bittorrent is many instances of one type of
> client (that gets the data streams) and typically a single instance
> of the client that chats with the tracker, plus several instances of
> a server which serve out chunks of data to other clients.  This
> collection of clients and servers is perceived as a P2P app, but
> nobody needed to add any new syscalls to linux to make this work.

  I hope no one is offended by this, but..

  That's like saying a bisexual person is both strait *AND* gay at the
same time.

  I feel a squigee comment coming.......

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-- Thomas