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When writing a device server it is useful to consider the people
who will be involved and/or concerned -
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Equipment Responsible is the person who is responsible for the
hardware, he is the lower level client of the Device Server Programmer.
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Device Server Programmer is the person who will write the
device class and encapsulate it in a server.
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Applications Programmer is the person who will use the device
server to talk to the hardware, she is the upper level client of the
Device Server Programmer.
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Device Server Maintenance Person is responsible for maintaining
the device server, is not necessarily the Device Server Programmer
(but is often heard cursing the Device Server Programmer).
Andy Goetz
Tue Jan 28 13:58:13 MET 1997