RE: Architectural issues

[izzy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Dr. Mark K. Joseph)]

On Tue, 27 Aug 1996 06:56:28 -0700
Stephen R Hanna <hanna@world.std.com> wrote:

>
>*Architecture (agents/roles)*
>
>For architecture (agents/roles), I would suggest that we allow for
>several usage scenarios:
>
>Client-server: A protocol is defined that allows a client to receive
>appointments from a server and send appointments to others via the
>server. This would allow any client to be compatible with any server,
>like POP3 or IMAP.
>

I would like to add in addition to client-server the additional
usage scenario of:
Client-Client: via Email or other standard protocol one client
can query and send information to another client to set up appointments.
For example, my client could send out a verb asking several people
for all their free time next week so my scheduling program on
my client can set up a common appointment time.
A special scheduling server should not be required.