[REBOL] Some ideas to collaborative environments Re:(2)
From: ryanc:iesco-dms at: 22-Sep-2000 17:07
For application proliferation purposes, not requiring a server would help out
alot.
[RChristiansen--pop--isdfa--sei-it--com] wrote:
> > Question:
> > Would it be better to use a central-server for the collaborative
> > envrionment like "ICQ" or should we use a more decentralized approach.
> > (E.g. by using IRC to find the other participants and then create direct
> > connections?)
>
> Depends on how it would be used.
>
> If the application would be used as to create a sort of "ad hoc"
> collaborative environment, then the decentralized approach is
> appropriate.
>
> But if the application would be used to create planned environments,
> then a centralized approach is best. The application would be hosted
> by an Application Service Provider, which everyone with a big pipe
> wants to be nowadays.
>
> -Ryan
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