CA> On a two node network that I have setup, NT4 server has the Office 97
  > on it. Then I installed the NT WS 4.0 on another and linked the two
  > together using 2 NE2000 clones. I was going to install the Office 97 on 
the
  > WKS too, but just decided to try to run the one on the server to see if 
t
  > works from the WKS. I browsed with explorer and clicked on the executable
  > on the server. It fired up on my station.
  > I typed a document, saved it and even emailed it to an account on the 
internet.
  > That surprised me too because when I clicked send from inside WORD, 
netscape
  > dialemy ISP and I clicked send and out the file went.
  > So I began to wonder what the differece is between a file server and an
  > application server. I thought only applcation server would let me use a 
program
  > on the server.
   You were using the NT server as a file server. The "applications" 
   you ran were actually running in the memory address space on the 
   workstation...in fact, what you did is the *definition* of a file 
   server.
   An application server actually runs the code on the server and 
   sends only minimal data or screen updates back to the 
   workstation.
                                       LRA
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