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The press release is slightly better http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2013/20130129-02.html http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/m

by Geee 14y ago

The press release is slightly better http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2013/20130129-02.html http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2013/20... Basically it's a software solution that transmits over UDP with their own mix of algorithms to make it reliable, but faster than TCP. TCP is broken on mobile, anyway [1]. So, this should be good news. [1] http://blog.davidsingleton.org/mobiletcp/ http://blog.davidsingleton.org/mobiletcp/

snogglethorpe 14y ago
Er, I'm not so sure it's good news, given their obvious desire to "monetize" it. A standard protocol that's freely implementable by all is vastly superior to a slightly faster proprietary protocol heavily encumbered by IP bullshit.
- chii 14y ago
  Monetizing a protocol is poor form, but monetizing an implementation of a protocol is not. If they created a new protocol specification, and opened it up, _and_ their implementation (which could be proprietary for all i care) is faster, then its all fine. As long as other people could implement the protocol in a different way without infringing on patents.
  - snogglethorpe 14y ago
    Sure, but that last "as long as" is a huge one ... getting on a patent gravy-train is almost certainly a prime goal.