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Subject: Re: OT?: Future of Linux From: stefmit@ix.netcom.com Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 10:45:53 -0500 > Jeff wrote: > > > <<A lot of general questions, well thought out, but elided>> > There's *got* to be a > better way to do some of the things we do today. (For that matter, I > have to believe there's a more efficient way to push bytes than > Ethernet, itself over a quarter-century old...) Can't agree more with everything you said ... kept this only statement of yours just to - even more so - emphasize one thing: there HAVE been things coming along ... nobody paid attention or invested too much in those, though - just take a look - for example - at: http://www.iit.edu/~dqrap/pdf/shareswtch2.pdf and all other links, and you'll see ... ===