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This is especially confusing to use 'server-less' buzzword (meaning 'on the bunch of servers in The Cloud') wrt messengers and p2p things where things could be
by snaky 9y ago
This is especially confusing to use 'server-less' buzzword (meaning 'on the bunch of servers in The Cloud') wrt messengers and p2p things where things could be actually serverless.
- fenwick67 9y agoThe word "server" is totally meaningless in 2017... it can mean "program that interfaces with other programs" (like X server), it can mean "computer on a rack", "dedicated VPS", "program listening on an external TCP port"... we really need better terminology.
- mosessoh 9y agoI totally agree with this btw. The benefits / challenges that come with choosing this setup aren't really captured by the term "serverless" at all.
- snaky 9y agoIt's not that total actually. Of course we cannot always clearly and formally distinguish bare metal server from virtual server, and both of them from just a server program coexisting on workstation or laptop with other programs. But when I say 'a bunch of server racks', you know what I mean, don't you? BTW AFAIK a server in X Window System is called 'server' because it does 'listen', so formally it is, and so it wasn't a question back then.
- zitterbewegung 9y agoWe should replace the term with something like managed function or server / cloud function.