[e2e] Rebroadcast of Sigcomm Keynote 12:30pm EDT Today!

[hzhang+ at cs.cmu.edu]

Lars and Eric, 

Thanks for all the feedback. 

The current system is a starting point. Our goal is to support multiple
platforms as the system evolves.

It is probably better to take these discussions off the mailing list. 

For further comments, please send to me directly. 

Thanks again,

Hui Zhang

School of Computer Science  
Carnegie Mellon University  
5000 Forbes Ave             
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3891   
                            
 > > ...
 > > > To participate, you need a system with the following requirements:
 > > > 
 > > > - A machine with Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP
 > > > - You cannot be behind a firewall or NAT
 > > > - You need to have a DSL, Cable Modem, or better connection
 > > > - QuickTime client versions 5.0 and up, available at
 > > >   http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download
 > > 
 > > One of the nice things about the MBone tools (or even RealPlayer) is 
 > > that they are multi-platform. I'm not sure what the benefits of this 
 > > particular streaming tool are, but requiring Windows is a significant 
 > > disadvantage when catering to a technical audience IMO.
 > 
 > In addition, not only do many corporate policies dictate firewall usage, 
 > anyone who is *not* behind a firewall or NAT is asking to be hacked.
 > 
 > -Erich
 > 
 > -- 
 > Erich M. Nahum                  IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
 > Networking Research             P.O. Box 704
 > nahum at watson.ibm.com            Yorktown Heights NY 10598
 >