Re: [mmox] One more time: The LESS model vs the Generic Client model

[Morgaine <[e-mail]>]

Once we get to the stage of examining and improving protocol drafts, I
suggest that any protocol description that mentions viewers or clients be
given a paragraph along the lines of:


The term "client" denotes a particular *role* in the protocol, one of the
two endpoints in a client-server relationship.  The protocol does not
proscribe where this role is implemented.  While the most common
implementation of the *client role* is likely to be within a user
application, nothing precludes that role being implemented within a server,
such as a worlds-interface server or a proxy for more distant clients.


Or something like that. ;-)

The goal is simply to get us beyond the current pro-client/anti-client
discussion, which like almost all polarized pro/anti discussions, is rarely
constructive.


Morgaine.