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From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Beginner's info TCP & UDP
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Date: 23 Jul 90 18:10:47 GMT
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From: jbvb@vax.ftp.com  (James B. Van Bokkelen)
>One point I would add, Barry: You (or another ranking net.guru) would
>be quite capable of recognizing a special case of the sort you posit,
>and using UDP appropriately.  However, you might miss the telltale
>glint in your customer's eyes when you told him "alternative X can be
>done in half the time, but it restricts the product to single
>Ethernets".  The consequences of trying to hack a 'one-cable' design
>into a 'coast-to-coast' application are painful to the whole network.

The penalty for stupidity is death. Glints in the eye merely carry
heavy fines.

        -Barry Shein

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