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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 11:51:04 +0000
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Rob Landley <landley@trommello.org>
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Subject: Re: pull vs push (was Re: [bk patch] Make cardbus compile in -pre4)
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Hi!

> > I don't see why everyone who is using BK is expecting Linus to do a pull.
> > In the non-BK case, wasn't it always a "push" model, and Linus would not
> > "pull" from URLs and such?
> 
> I'm all for it.  I think it's a good thing.
> 
> In the absence of significant latency issues, pull scales better than push.  
> It always has.  Push is better in low bandwidth situations with lots of idle 
> capacity, but it breaks down when the system approaches saturation.
> 
> Pull data is naturally supplied when you're ready for it (assuming no 
> significant latency to access it).  Push either scrolls by unread or piles up 
> in your inbox and gets buried until it goes stale.  Web pages work on a pull 
> model, "push" was an internet fad a few years ago that failed for a reason.  
> When push models hit saturation it breaks down and you wind up with the old 
> "I love lucy" episode with the chocolate factory.  Back in the days where 

What's "i love lucy" episode?
									Pavel
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