Enter HTTP/1.1. Because you can re-use the connection for multiple objects, you only need to open _one_ TCP connection to the server to download everything. Less overhead means faster downloads, period.
Actually less overhead will mean webservers will become more scalable for high trafficked websites.
Does anybody remember a couple a months ago when the CEO of RealMedia was screaming bloody murder because MS signed a bunch of agreements with them, and then *bundled* it's own player into IE50?
Does anyone remember how MS payed big bucks to license the Real Audio 4.0 format and then totally changed the format in 5.0 turning MS's investment to shit? I just love how everyone out there loves Real Networks because they are not MS while Real Networks is the one with the proprietary CODECs and lousy customer service. I am not a big fan of MS but in the streaming media market MS has a far superior product (by using MPEG 4 CODECS, much better than G2) and their server AND client is free.
Both MS and RealMedia want to give away the players for free, and then make bank selling the servers.
Not true MS makes money off of selling Windows NT to run their streaming media server which is free. Apple is doing the same thing by giving away the streaming media server to sell OSX and Mac hardware although they are a bit better by allowing their streaming video server to be ported to other operating systems.
Um I think you missed the point. Wired is not out of production the era Jon writes about has finally ended due to the sale of Wired Digital to Lycos. Wired will still be published but it won't have the same flair as it did in the early days.
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Enter HTTP/1.1. Because you can re-use the connection for multiple objects, you only need to open _one_ TCP connection to the server to download everything. Less overhead means faster downloads, period.
Actually less overhead will mean webservers will become more scalable for high trafficked websites.
Does anybody remember a couple a months ago when the CEO of RealMedia was screaming bloody murder because MS signed a bunch of agreements with them, and then *bundled* it's own player into IE50?
Does anyone remember how MS payed big bucks to license the Real Audio 4.0 format and then totally changed the format in 5.0 turning MS's investment to shit? I just love how everyone out there loves Real Networks because they are not MS while Real Networks is the one with the proprietary CODECs and lousy customer service. I am not a big fan of MS but in the streaming media market MS has a far superior product (by using MPEG 4 CODECS, much better than G2) and their server AND client is free.
Both MS and RealMedia want to give away the players for free, and then make bank selling the servers.
Not true MS makes money off of selling Windows NT to run their streaming media server which is free. Apple is doing the same thing by giving away the streaming media server to sell OSX and Mac hardware although they are a bit better by allowing their streaming video server to be ported to other operating systems.
Um I think you missed the point. Wired is not out of production the era Jon writes about has finally ended due to the sale of Wired Digital to Lycos. Wired will still be published but it won't have the same flair as it did in the early days.