Funny, I was just thinking about this the other day (sort of philosphizing!)

The confusion comes from the fact that the operater works from the server
console, remotely operating the client!

In most C/S applications, the operator runs the client to remotely operate
the server application.

> On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, John Ostrowick wrote:
> 
> > >Of course, y'all know that both xearth and eXodus and MacX are X
> > >_servers_ not _clients_!  :)
> > >
> > 
> > really? eXodus ure behaves like a client to *me* when i aim it at my netbsd
> > box. Logins and everything. Just had to make sure that xhost was run and
> > xdm was running. :-)
> > 
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> But I think that you are running the xclients(such as xterm or perhaps 
> xdm) remotely off of your NetBSD box, and your xserver(eXodus) is 
> receiving the xinstructions, and interpreting them and displaying them on 
> your screen.  But I am still a little fuzzy on the client/server stuff so...
> -Jonathan
>