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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   
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