From ce2602376cf586e68d11174004539609de6fa6b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Wong Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:59:44 -0700 Subject: README/gemspec: a better description, hopefully --- README | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index ac40005..a6a7be1 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,5 +1,11 @@ = 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 -- cgit v1.2.3-24-ge0c7