Known from early Paleolithic era, client-server was probably the first and to this day, most successful, way to deal with scaling information systems outside of a single computer. We find fossilized remains all across the world, from polar circles to the equator, deep in the trenches and high in space. Officially, this gigantic apex predator does not exist anymore, been long displaced by more sophisticated and/or nimble architectures. However, its legacy can be easily traced both in the genotype and phenotype of the modern software species. In some sense, it’s more alive today than when it was the only available option...
Known from early Paleolithic era, client-server was probably the first and to this day, most successful, way to deal with scaling information systems outside of a single computer. We find fossilized remains all across the world, from polar circles to the equator, deep in the trenches and high in space. Officially, this gigantic apex predator does not exist anymore, been long displaced by more sophisticated and/or nimble architectures. However, its legacy can be easily traced both in the genotype and phenotype of the modern software species. In some sense, it’s more alive today than when it was the only available option...