[JDEV] Videoconferencing with jabber / Re:[speex-dev]Videoconferencing with speex and jabber

[milk]

"Richard Dobson" <richard at dobson-i.net> wrote on 26/11/2003 17:13:13:

>> There is no such requirment. The only difference is in handeling the 
>> XML. Rather than doing this P2P style (with no client taking the 
>> role of server) on of the clients will have to play "server". But of 
>> course the only thing it will "serve" is it's own audiostream, and 
>> the only client it will serve is the other "peer".
>
>Doesnt this really mean than they are both servers each serving the 
>other its audio stream?? By definition that is P2P not client/server.
>
>Peer "To be, or to assume to be, equal".
>http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=peer

the best definition of p2p i've seen is this;

"Peer-to-Peer-Systems are highly dynamic decentraliced distributed 
systems, in which every node performs, or at least is able to perform, 
the same tasks. In different links each node may either act as a client 
or a server. "

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