Re: Blog comments on <http://tinpixel.com/node/28> -- "Why I don't like WebDAV, part 1"

On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 06:05:55PM +0100, Julian Reschke wrote:
> WebDAV is as fast as FTP, usually being only limited by bandwidth and 
> latency of the link. And of course there are lots of other reasons to 
> like WebDAV, such as that it *is* HTTP -- no new URI needed to edit 
> something that already is on the web.

DAV is typically (really, always) *faster* than FTP, since it doesn't 
require the set up of a new TCP connection for each data transfer.  

Understanding the impact of separate DTP/control sockets answers the 
"Why not just improve FTP?" question for most people, I'd suspect.

joe