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To: Martin Milani who wrote (15998)	4/30/1999 12:22:00 PM
From: Stormweaver	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

As I keep repeating myself, I say that NT/Linux are preferred on the desktop. UNIX owns the mid to high range server environment for now. >> Once the paradigm shift towards an N-tier architecture is >> over other than a few engineers noone will use >> workstations anymore...client server is DEAD. N-tier (ie. 3 tier architectures) are just client/server/server architectures. The fact that your typing away in your browser now (client) and sending to the SI http engine (server) is a simple example for you.

To: Martin Milani who wrote (15998)	4/30/1999 2:33:00 PM
From: Claude	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Its funny you mention N-Tier. I am a systems developer and I see the current move to N-Tier as potentially lessening the demand for top-end Unix servers. When I look at my past client-server projects that were 2-tier a lot of the application's performance had to come from the database server. I see lots of money being thrown at these Unix servers just to provide decent response to the client because of the restrictions on the app architecture in a 2-tier world. When we go to N-tier we lessen greatly the demand on the database server. I pool db connections to the datbase server, I share data so that common data does not have to be retrieved to every desktop. The end result is that the Unix db server has a lighter load and the app server is taking up the slack. With good design I can have as many app servers as needed, and I don't need a top of the line server. And one last note, many of these app servers run just fine on NT, or Linux. Claude (rhymes with TOAD)