From: lpitcher@teksavvy.com   
      
   On February 20, 2010 17:46, in comp.protocols.tcp-ip, HBBroeker@t-online.de   
   wrote:   
      
   > Jorgen Grahn wrote:   
   >> Because UDP doesn't work in practice except in some very limited   
   >> scenarios. This is also why almost no widely used application   
   >> protocols use UDP.   
   >   
   > Are you aware that you just classified pretty much the entire genre of   
   > online multi-player action games   
      
   /and/ the latest generation of peer-to-peer file sharing applications   
   (i.e. "bittorrent")   
      
   > as "not widely used applications"?   
      
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