On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 12:09:28AM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > Steve Sizemore wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 12:18:11AM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > In fact, the only legitimate argument I have ever heard for UDP > > > has been "I have an old Linux install that can't talk TCP, as > > > only UDP was implemented at the time I installed it". > > > > Have you already forgotten the locking problem that you were > > helping me with last week? The only solution was to use UDP. > > Working around a screwed up implementation is not a "legitimate" > argument. The only legitimate argument to that is "unscrewing" > the implementation. > > 8-). I agree with that to a degree - at least from the perspective of a developer. (If I had the knowledge and time to unscrew the implementation, I would certainly try.) However, for those who are primarily sysadmins and FreeBSD advocates, using UDP is a legitimate alternative to switching to linux. Steve -- Steve Sizemore <steve_at_ls.berkeley.edu>, (510) 642-8570 Unix System Manager Dept. of Mathematics and College of Letters and Science University of California, BerkeleyReceived on Thu Mar 27 2003 - 08:24:44 UTC
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