that's one less FUD (was Re: this affects DotGNU (was: this doesn't affect DotGNU (was Re: [DotGNU]New addendum for MS redistributables)))

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Barry Fitzgerald wrote:
> In either case, yes - this hobbles any program created with MS development
> tools.

Is is just me, or does this mean that M$ won't be able to cite the 'viral' 
nature of GPL software anymore?

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/*
 * [...] Note that 120 sec is defined in the protocol as the maximum
 * possible RTT.  I guess we'll have to use something other than TCP
 * to talk to the University of Mars.
 * PAWS allows us longer timeouts and large windows, so once implemented
 * ftp to mars will work nicely.
 */
        -- from /usr/src/linux/net/inet/tcp.c, concerning RTT [round trip time]