[zeromq-dev] 0MQ vs TCP sockets - survey

[Oliver Smith]

Pieter Hintjens said the following on 10/26/2010 3:56 PM:
> Hi y'All,
>
> As a kind of a survey / test to see if you're awake, I'd like to
> solicit your views, as 0MQ users and contributors, about the most
> significant differences between 0MQ and traditional TCP sockets.  I.e.
> how would you convince your boss that it was worth using 0MQ rather
> than just coding your app the old fashioned way...?
>
> Feel free to +1 / 'this' other people's comments so we know what
> tickles you the most.  I'll collect the results in a comparison
> document on the wiki.
Not wanting to sound negative, but would it perhaps be worth fielding 
the counter question: why not?

(For me, the main thing keeping me from pushing ZeroMQ on our project is 
the encryption issue, and a lack of time to investigate it fully myself 
right now)

- Oliver