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Google, Microsoft Cheat On Slow-Start — Should You?

Posted by Soulskill on from the reply-hazy-ask-again dept.

kdawson writes "Software developer and blogger Ben Strong did a little exploring to find out how Google achieves its admirably fast load times. What he discovered is that Google, and to a much greater extent Microsoft, are cheating on the 'slow-start' requirement of RFC-3390. His research indicates that discussion of this practice on the Net is at an early, and somewhat theoretical, stage. Strong concludes with this question: 'What should I do in my app (and what should you do in yours)? Join the arms race or sit on the sidelines and let Google have all the page-load glory?'"

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  1. lol kdawson by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So kdawson couldn't post this FUD himself? He needed Soulskill to do it for him?

    1. Re:lol kdawson by Morty · · Score: 3, Interesting

      So kdawson couldn't post this FUD himself? He needed Soulskill to do it for him?

      Considering that people cannot be objective about their own posts, I applaud kdawson for *not* posting this. Letting it go through someone else's editorial review is the right thing to do.

  2. TFA is really interesting! by courteaudotbiz · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Great, yet simple research! It's funny to see how the web servers are acting exactly as their own mother company in real life:
    • Google: Trying to be the first, tries to make a standard with some promising trick;
    • Microsoft: Bypassing all rules to be the first;
    • All the others: pretty average (I'd have expected Facebook to be more innovative on this side. Wait when they discover that this trick exists...)
  3. Re:Misread the RFC by u38cg · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I thought he'd been sacked. I don't have him filtered (I like them where I can see them) and I haven't seen his stories for ages, or indeed anyone complaining about them :)

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