Dave;
> This being a technical discussion, we had better have some useful,
> technical definitions.
Technical definitions?
On the problems, yes. On the terminology, no.
> Then we can switch to having a debate about
> problems and solutions.
It is a useful approach to continue the debate forever.
However, to solve the problem, anyone proposing a solution may
use any terminology, as long as it is clearly defined.
> There is technical history to the terms at
> issue, here. However they suffer different definitions in different
> technical discussions.
Different technology needs different definitions.
We really suffer, if you try to unify them.
Masataka Ohta