Re: New VSI post on Youtube

On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 20:30:59 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

On 8/18/2024 5:35 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 09:03:37 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

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I would expect a "client OS" to be able to display HTML, PDF, video
etc..
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I would expect a "server OS" to be able to serve that content to
clients.

 
What kind of OS is it that has both “client” and “server” capabilities
in one?
 
We call that a “workstation”.

 
I think it would be more accurate to say "We called that a ...".
 
25-40 years ago there were workstations running VMS, SunOS, Solaris,
HP-UX, AIX, Ultrix, Tru64 etc..
 
Today a workstations is just a marketing term for a high-end PC running
Windows or Linux.

Linux is the one that still offers the full “workstation” capabilities.
Microsoft called their desktop version of NT “Workstation”, but all its
server-like capabilities were carefully crippled to avoid cannibalizing
sales of its actual servers.