I wish to start a service that delivers data to a users desktop in "real-time".
I have effectively argued for both TCP/IP and UDP, and have chosen the one that I think would be most effective to begin with... However, I would like to know what you think would be the better choice.
The site will be high-profile, and a target of hackers. Keep that in mind.
A user should be able to run a small app that can recieve alerts when news breaks that the user has expressed interest in.
The server should be programmed such that hacking is taken into account.
Two problems that I have thought about are
1)TCP/IP would be easy to clog, and would require more hardware, and....
2)UDP is faster, and requires less hardware, but is less dependable.
The information is very important to the people that will get it, and they need to get it fast. I am shooting for 3,000,000 user within six months.
The service will also be free (ad-ware), so keeping the hardware costs down is important.
I think I have chosen the right way to go, but I'd like to hear what you think.
Thanks.
