Client-server became legacy because of the Internet and the web. Client-server applications were built for local area networks using chatty, proprietary protocols that worked in a local-area ...

Servers and clients are the building blocks of computer networks Client-server networking grew in popularity during the 1990s as personal computers became the alternative to mainframe computers.

eWEEK 30: Client/server applications were heavily promoted in the 1990s as an effective way to harness the power of PCs connected to corporate networks. But the model just wasn’t scalable.