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It wouldn't (at least in my understanding) be the user that would choose, it would be the application. WoW for example would optimize for latency, whereas BitTo
by nkohari 14y ago
It wouldn't (at least in my understanding) be the user that would choose, it would be the application. WoW for example would optimize for latency, whereas BitTorrent would optimize for throughput.
- scott_s 14y agoCorrect, but Bram's argument (as I understand it) was that the users would put pressure on the application developers to opt to be background traffic.
- nkohari 14y agoTwo nearly-universal truths about users that suggest solutions: they're both rare, and usually wrong. :) It's more likely that users will state the problem -- such as, "I want to be able to run WoW and BitTorrent at the same time." From there, the software developers would determine the solution (optimization for latency vs. throughput).