> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: status of Microsoft's work
> Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 09:44:44 +1000
> From: George Michaelson <[email protected]>
>
>
> Does anyone no more about this situation? Will Microsoft make a new TCP
> stack generally available, even on NT, or are they simply experimenting at
> this point?
>
> In a similar vein, can anybody comment on the likelyhood of a general release
> of code which has a larger initial windowsize in PC platforms? I've heard
> an interesting rumour to that effect here, which I'd love to see confirmed.
>
> This is in the context of non-tcpsat usage: simple changes which might improve
> end-to-end performance for small-object web transfers, and time to achieve
> full window state on the network in general.
"General release" users run at modem speeds;
their window is max'd at 1 or 2 anyway.
They burn enough time during packet transmission
to adjust to network state.
Joe
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