Moving past TCP in the data center, part 1

I remember discussions about replacing TCP 20 years ago. Should be easy to find if you follow the references in publications. It's like nuclear fusion: it's always 10 years away :-)

This all looks like a very good "state of the union" but commodity and "good enough" seems to win every time. As rich as data center companies are, they're still minuscule compared to the rest of the world using TCP. Moreover their lawyers and businessmen are very likely getting in the way of working together with competitors. It's not enough to tell them "look at how successful Linux is", the obvious answer is "So what? Why would help our competitors catch up with us?"

QUICK has been successful only because Google controls _both_ the browser and the servers - no cooperation required.