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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/21/2014 1:14 PM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:internet-history-request@postel.org">internet-history-request@postel.org</a> wrote:<br>
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That's it! Again, note the focus on 'hey, we gotta get the user's data there
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That is basically a correct statement of our focus. And the
narrowness of our vision (we were really<br>
groping in the dark in an unmapped territory) is well illustrated by
our surprise to discover the Silly<br>
Window Syndrome.<br>
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<big>I haven't read Nagle's thing, but that would also be
interesting to look at,
to see how much we understood at that point.</big><br>
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We were of course aware of Nagle's conclusions at the time, but I
don't think I actually read his RFC on congestion collapse until a
few<br>
months ago. It is well worth reading.<br>
<br>
Bob<br>
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