Linked Server and Remote Server Help

I'm documenting various server configurations such as linked and remote servers. Rather then clicking on each linked and remote server to view their properties I am trying to query sysservers. According to BOL, the column isremote is 1 if server is a remote server, else 0 if server is a linked server. When I query sysservers I see just the opposite. Is BOL wrong or am I missing something? Through Enterprise Manager I see 3 remote servers and 13 linked servers. syssservers shows 3 servers with isremote = 0 and 13 servers with isremote = 1.

Also, I understand remote servers are provided for backward compatibility. If that is the case, why is the default instance listed under remote server and not linked server. Also, why does replication list repl_distribution under remote server and in some cases the subscriber server is also listed under remote servers.

Thanks, DaveTo answer you last 2 questions, - for backward compatibility...but wait, you already answered it :)|||Backward compatibility usually applies to the user so processes don't break as the result of the upgrade. In this case I'm referring to how Microsoft stores server names for the default instance and replication data. You would think they would follow their own advice and use Linked Servers, not Remote Servers.

Dave