On 06/25/15 18:02, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 15:55:41 -0400 > m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> >> mark "and why is it called xorg-x11-server, when in X >> terminology, it's the client?"* >> >> * Which I always thought was bass-ackward, but... > > You should think of it this way: the program that wants something drawn > on the screen is a client; the program that does the drawing is the > server. The client asks the server to draw stuff on the screen, and > server is, well... servicing those requests, from various clients. <snip> You misunderstand me: I understand the terminology, and why they chose it. I simply disagree with their choice, and have always found it confusing, esp. to anyone coming into it since, um, the mid/late 80's, when *everything* else in the world used the terminology the other way, from d/b to three-tiered architecture. mark