Chuma Agbodike wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:
 CA> On a two node network that I have setup, NT4 server has the
 CA> Office 97 on it. Then I installed the NT WS 4.0 on another
 CA> and linked the two together using 2 NE2000 clones. I was
 CA> going to install the Office 97 on the WKS too, but just
 CA> decided to try to run the one on the server to see if it
 CA> works from the WKS. I browsed with explorer and clicked on
 CA> the executable on the server. It fired up on my station.
 CA> I typed a document, saved it and even emailed it to an
 CA> account on the internet. That surprised me too because when
 CA> I clicked send from inside WORD, netscape dialemy ISP and I
 CA> clicked send and out the file went.
OK, this sounds pretty straightforward.  Internet Explorer has some magic in 
it that integrates with Office specifically, which is why the fax worked.
 CA> So I began to wonder what the differece is between a file
 CA> server and an application server. I thought only applcation
 CA> server would let me use a program on the server.
Only an application server lets you RUN the program on the server.  In the 
case you describe, you used the network to load the program files from the 
file server into the workstation memory, and the program actually RAN on the 
workstation.
 CA> Am still confused.
Does this help clear it up?
 
-- Mike
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