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|    Rick Jones to GArlington    |
|    Re: What is the best method for streamin    |
|    06 Mar 09 19:29:33    |
   
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   From: rick.jones2@hp.com   
      
   GArlington wrote:   
   > UDP is likely to be unusable for the simple reason of no guaranteed   
   > delivery...   
      
   I've not picked my quota of nits today :) so I will point-out that   
   while TCP does go to substantial length to get data to its   
   destination, it also does not offer guaranteed delivery. It offers   
   guaranteed notification of probable non-delivery of data.   
      
   rick jones   
   --   
   a wide gulf separates "what if" from "if only"   
   these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... :)   
   feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH...   
      
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