>> than itself. If you run Word or Excel on the file server
>> interactively, you don't have a application server.
I see that I should rephrase this one :-) If you run Word or Excel on the 
file server interactively, does not mean that it has turned into a 
application server.
But, that's beside your comments..
> This is confused because Microsoft sells two separate products under two
> separate licenses, one as "NT Workstation" and the other as "NT Server."  
t
> bottom, however, there is no internal difference, and the products are
When it comes to NT specifically, I assume that you would keep the WKS out of 
the question.
> I appreciate your distinction about using the server in a non-dedicated
>situation, where running applications for the benefit of only the server 
would
> not be considered to be serving applications to others.  However, I wanted 
to
Yes, and that is what the original article was about, I believe.
> try to emphasize the fundamental issues necessary to understand the 
concepts,
> not specifically related to NT or any other platform.  In general, any task
>running on the server for the benefit of others on the network would be 
classe
> as an application service.
In general, all services are programs too, but we separate between the 
file'n'print services and "all other" services. The others would be 
application services.
I think all has been pointed out. Back to LAN. :-)
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