But before we write off Gnutella, the author writes, we should realize these numbers say nothing about the number of network users. We take a look at the most popular file-sharing programs being used as an alternative to Napster. Gnutella is essentially a two-way, but very transient web. We talked with Infrasearch's Gene Kan and Sun's Mike Clary to better understand the purchase. While Gnutella was almost given up for dead at the end of 2000, recent developments and innovations show that the platform is quickly evolving.
Trouble is, there's no trouble.
P2P is not a Tragedy of the Digital Commons, it's a Cornucopia. Xerox PARC researchers found that nearly half the files shared on the service come from one percent of the hosts. Andy Oram explains how they work. Other documents about this topic Below are other references available on the web for this topic. Since other sites may change their links, please let us know if you find any that may need to be updated.