Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 12:22:20 -0400 From: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: Manar Hussain <manar@ivision.co.uk> Cc: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ETinc's Bandwidth limiter Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970609122212.00c35210@etinc.com>
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At 02:20 PM 6/9/97 +0100, you wrote: >>>>Shall we compare a Porsche to a bicycle next? >>> >>>If the case is that easy to make I'd be interested in seeing it made. >> >>If you are going a very short distance they will both get you there >>eventually. > >that's crass > >(a) it again tells me absolutely nothing about why you're product is so >much better other than you think it's obvious > >(b) on seconds thoughts if the best you can do is the equivalent of "going >a very short distance they will both get you there eventually" then I >wouldn't bother. Well, if you read Luigi's lastest postings you'll know the answer, since it appears that his goal is to have something almost as good as what we already do (although it would only control transmit). Note that we also rejected the "leaky bucket" because it fundamentally doesnt work well for what most people seem to want. Dennis
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