+ 2014-01-05 Sun 18:44, [email protected] <[email protected]>:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> Can p2p technologies generally be thought of as free replacements for SaaS ; 
> I'm thinking that one can, in theory, build a Google Docs p2p equivalent that 
> is absolutely free.
> As it would be peer based, not client-server then-informally 
> speaking-everyone would have access to the same code (the only requirement 
> being that you may connect only to peers that have the same version as you 
> do).
> Isn't this the way you can provide truly free alternatives just like you do 
> with non-conventional software?
> I'm asking that question because I haven't seen any campaigns for providing 
> alternatives to SaaSS yet, and I wonder whether there is something wrong with 
> my line of reasoning (too naive?) or I'm just not a good surfer (been a while 
> since someone said surfer, lol)
> And I know that one can run his own service and be free, but there are cases 
> where having a service without anyone else to be served but yourself doesn't 
> have much point.
> 

Maybe have a look at things like unhosted.org?

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