After proprietary protocol extensions, freeloading support, spyware, clustering, disadvantaging and client badmouthing.... here is the new innovation of Vinnie's Bearshare: splitting the Gnutella network (called "Secure Channels").

From Bearshare net: "You can choose to receive all query replies, downloads and uploads only from other BearShare clients". As usual Bearshare tries to sell this as a technical necesarry advantage. Good luck developers with your dear GDF fellow Vinnie.

There is only one question left: How long does it take until Limewire implements this feature?