billycripe: @jollysri depends on your fronting app. First decide if you want to go through the webdserver or direct via sockets to the content server.

BDunn_2009: Todays progress (server side): Sockets are up and running. The single user alert system has been added. I also have added an online count.

frederikhermans: Since the echo server doesn't close its sockets, you need to wait between two invocations until it can bind to port 1031 again.

frederikhermans: Unix echo server in C #twitcode, listening at localhost:1031 http://bit.ly/Xrckz. Beware, doesn't close its sockets/print errors!

offwhitemke: @cjibo How many active sockets can you really have for push on a single server? There are limits.

CaffeineHigh: Java RMI: somewhat easier than sockets. If only client calls to server threads could be consistently mapped. But no problem.