Re:The top bug predictor is not technical, it's organization...
by specialist on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @12:24PM
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I also had no idea what client/server meant (at the time). My current oversimplified distinction:
Workgroup: I/O thru file system, clients responsible for locking, concurrency, etc.
Client/Server: I/O thru DB's protocol (eg TDS), server responsible for locking, concurrency, etc.
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As for what was lost, I spent way too long (10+ years) trying to figure that out, trying to fulfill the desire to recover the ADO (Access Data Objects) programming paradigm. I think I succeeded, more or less, and am currently reorienting my life to work on it full-time.
Workgroup: I/O thru file system, clients responsible for locking, concurrency, etc.
Client/Server: I/O thru DB's protocol (eg TDS), server responsible for locking, concurrency, etc.
--
As for what was lost, I spent way too long (10+ years) trying to figure that out, trying to fulfill the desire to recover the ADO (Access Data Objects) programming paradigm. I think I succeeded, more or less, and am currently reorienting my life to work on it full-time.