On Wednesday 20 February 2008 13:14, Henning Brauer wrote:

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> * Mayuresh Kathe  [2008-02-20 14:07]:

> > On Feb 20, 2008 5:52 PM, Henning Brauer  wrote:

> > > * Mayuresh Kathe  [2008-02-20 13:12]:

> > > > On Feb 20, 2008 4:58 PM, Henning Brauer  wrote:

> > > > > * Mayuresh Kathe  [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.

I did read this as well, and for my two tiny cents it has to be said that OBSD

runs a great deal faster on my (admittedly rather elderly) Sun boxen than

Solaris ever did.
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