Re: Is Client/Server Dead? Conference May 15th

: neal@fohnix.metronet.com (Neal Howard) writes: : In article <DpLLyo.46s@cix.compulink.co.uk>, : Malcolm Weallans <onlinedbc@cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote: : >INFUSE will be holding a conference on May 15th entitled "Is : >Client/Server Dead?" at the Commonwealth Institute in London. All are : : I couldn't resist commenting on the whole topic of Client/Server in : general. : ... snip ... : Would all the database I/O that my apps will be doing under maximum : full user load be happily handled if that I/O were being done on a : typical 486 PC to it's IDE hard drive? : : If that answer is yes, then client/server will probably work ok in : this instance. If not, then you see why I feel that "client/server" : is a "bill of goods" (sarcasm implied) that was sold to the whole : informations systems industry : ... snip ... : my humble opinions only, : Neal But a large part of the information systems industry has also understod that application partitioning solves this and other problems with client/server computing. It works, works well, and give several advantages over the old line character terminals. Be carefull... Nils.Myklebust@ccmail.telemax.no NM Data AS, Postbox 9090, Gronland, 0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company