Off-topic: D-Bus in the kernel

[Thiago Macieira]

On Tuesday 21. September 2010 20.13.03 Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> Multicasting, IMO, raises serious resource management issues from a kernel
> developers point of view (dunno if Linux people care about that, though). 
> You won't find a modern microkernel supporting multicasting.  It's

Just an off-topic side-note: IPv6 requires multicasting, and IPv6 is starting 
to be required if you want to connect to the Internet. Mobile operators will 
require it from 2011 onwards (some 2012).

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