* Mayuresh Kathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-02-20 14:07]: > On Feb 20, 2008 5:52 PM, Henning Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * Mayuresh Kathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-02-20 13:12]: > > > On Feb 20, 2008 4:58 PM, Henning Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > * Mayuresh Kathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-02-17 13:38]: > > > > > Wouldn't it be nice to have a high performance networking stack? > > > > yeah. > > > > guess what we have? > > > > exactly that. > > > > (which doesn't mean it could be even faster) > > > Pardon if I sound ignorant, but isn't our networking stack based on > > > the 24 year old technology from Berkeley? > > so? > > isn't your computer running on >>100 years old technology called > > "electricity"? > But that >100 year old technology used to be DC earlier, then it was > converted to AC because of its inherent benefits.
way over a hundred years ago, yes (except for some small irrelevant isles like parts of new york if memory serves). > Similarly, wouldn't it have been beneficial to go for a modern > approach for the network stack? we have a very modern approach: correct, secure and fast. > (not that now I can do anything about it, all's lost for me) > Could you please read http://research.sun.com/minds/2007-0710/ yeah, i did, lots of marketing blubber, lots of bla bla, lots of vague indications, nothing concrete, nothing technical. -- Henning Brauer, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting - Hamburg & Amsterdam
