Proclaiming that 'p2p is pratcially [sic] dead' is another conflation of p2p with infringement. P2P is nothing more than than a manifestation of a latent characteristic of TCP/IP, i.e., TCP/IP interactions are not exclusive to client/server but it is rather one of many potential methodologies. P2P will be dead when TCP/IP dies. We are migrating to a day when my fridge is talking to my microwave oven who is telling my stove that the recipe from recipe.com calls for the potatoes it is boiling to be nuked for 20 seconds before being chopped and decorated for my eventual (since I'm vegetarian :) ) tofurkey meal, and there you have the real power and promise of P2P/TCP/IP on display.
So let's stop saying P2P is dead, and instead say that post-Grokster a business model based on copyright infringement is dead (though it can be argued that Apple's iPod is just that, and it is doing fine, thank you very much). Thanks! Susheel On 1/7/07, Lemon Obrien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> BitTorrent has certainly changed things for the better overall. I don't think BiTorrent has done anything good other than let people who steal; steal faster. p2p is pratcially dead; and I think BitTorrent is the problem...its basically a do-nothing, mentioned-in-wired, Bram is awesome cause he has asberger's, divide up the file and ship, open-source download tool. That is the greatest achievement in p2p since, say 2000. With Tamago, at least we're trying to create an industry out of it...p2p, desktop-to-desktop, commerce. I don't get why download speed is a big-deal; youTube proves fat-pipe is better than code. anyway. guess I had to rant. lemon
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