We're getting a bit knit-picky, but yes, you can get a callback directly--which is in fact what we're doing. Vista and later (which includes Windows 2k8 Server

We're getting a bit knit-picky, but yes, you can get a callback directly--which is in fact what we're doing. Vista and later (which includes Windows 2k8 Server) actually introduces a proper WSAPoll function, so you don't need to use the godawful select() anymore unless being masochistic really is just your thing.