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 = Unicorn: Rack HTTP server for Unix and fast clients
 
+Unicorn is a HTTP server for Rack applications designed to take
+advantage of features in Unix/Unix-like kernels and only serve fast
+clients on low-latency, high-bandwidth connections.  Slow clients should
+only be served by placing a reverse proxy capable of fully-buffering
+both the the request and response in between Unicorn and slow clients.
+
 == Features
 
 * Designed for Rack, Unix, fast clients, and ease-of-debugging.  We