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Old December 4th, 2001
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Originally posted by gerardm
I read that one of Gnutella's "strengths" is that nobody controls what and how. I am sceptical, that it leads to anarchy is something you may not mind. Thing is that every new implementation of a client will lead to network clutter by bug that need fixing.
That kind of "anarchy" is why you can read this webpage or download your email. Open standards are why the Internet exists today and all those proprietary online services of the 80's have disappeared or adapted.

There are plenty of closed P2P protocols out there. Many are quite good - perhaps better than gnutella, but they're limited to the company that owns them. Most will be dead and gone in a few years time despite whatever techincal merit they may have.

A true P2P protocol must be open and client agnostic just like HTTP, FTP, TCP/IP, SMTP and all the myriad of other protocols the Internet runs on. Anything else is not only self-defeating, but pointless. If you want a yet another proprietary P2P network go and make one, but don't try and exploit gnutella for your own company's personal gain.
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