Multiple Transports for Ticks – Political Issues Abound
Well... with the last threading bug figured out for my new UDP transport, I have to wonder if ZeroMQ is really just fine. There are several reasons to use it - OK, one: reliability, but that's a biggie. Still, it might be nice to try it again. The UDP transport, if I can add in the necessary reliability, will be better, for sure, because it's less "black box" and more transparent to all involved. It's certainly already suppressed a few nagging naysayers because they feel that PGM is not reliable at all, and they'd rather have straight UDP. Giving that to them allows them to feel like they have a victory in this "battle", and so adoption will go a little easier.
In short: Politics.
Every time I come to a crossroads like this where a technical decision is given a back-seat to a political decision, I've always felt the wrong decision was made. Always. I'm hoping to give them their UDP transport, and make it technically better than what they have, and so not have to come to this decision.
Alternatively, since they have been so negative in this adoption, it would be nice to simply do all the work myself and then point out to management how we can "re-task" these "resources" to "different efforts". Problem with not being part of the solution is that after the solution is done, you've proven yourself to be unnecessary.
Right out of a job.
Anyway... for now, I have one good transport, and I think I have two. But I'll have to run with these changes for a bit to convince people it's as good as what they have. Gotta prove they aren't needed any more. Sad but true.