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Interoperable P2P: Jxta

Posted by michael on from the you-got-your-napster-in-my-gnutella dept.

Troy writes: "This article went up today (on developerWorks) about the Open Source project called Jxta, which is a community-run attempt to build a utility application substrate for peer-to-peer applications. Anything with an electronic heartbeat can become a Jxta peer." A nice high-level overview of how Jxta is supposed to work.

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  1. Re:Java, JINI, JXTA... by jeffy124 · · Score: 4, Informative
    I beg to differ on some of your comments. Jini is a means of building ad-hoc networks for devices and services, while Jxta could be built on top of Jini to build a quick network of shared resources. Jini originally started out as a wireless or other device thing, but has found uses in software. J2EE is not really related to Jini/Jxta, but it can build itself off of the services they provide. J2EE is intended for large-scale enterprise applications like databases, and it's possible to do that using traditional methods or utilizing ideas offered by Jxta and/or Jini.

    However, I do agree with that this is a way of attacking and going after the wireless market. Sun needs a marketing dept like that of MS, one that is aggressive and sees oppurtunity in tying things together. Let's just hope that un doesn't go too far with that ; )

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