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Originally posted by napho
His attitude smacks of a kind of I miss the good old days/elitism that's out of place - so many ppl have computers now that things invariably had to change.
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What Napho said. Waldo makes many valid points but they don't really add up to a general case against p2p. For example, I surely despise malware and spyware too, but luckily there are spyware free and even open sourced options available for those interested. And if one dislikes the 'ignorant masses' and the associated phenomena p2p
as a technology allows people to set up as intimate, dedicated, professional - and even elitistic!
- groups as they wish.
What Waldo says about large P2P networks being the last step in the food chain to receive new content is correct but does it really matter that much if you get your movie a few days or a few weeks later from your favorite P2P network than what you would get it from IRC or newsgroups? For most people the P2P delivery is good enough, and it is probably only good that the more quality conscious 'higher sources' handle the initial distribution phase in the total sharing ecology.
- tg
ps. & off topic: a great new avatar, assorted! 