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

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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?'"http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.slashdot.org% 2Fstory%2F10%2F11%2F26%2F1729218%2FGoogle-Microsoft-Cheat-On-Slow-Start-mdash-Should-You%3Ffrom%3Dfb) http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png (http://twitter.com/home?status=Google%2C+Microsoft+Cheat+On+Slow-Start+%26mdash%3B+Should+You%3F%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbi t.ly%2FdS4lML)
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