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Mathematical Analysis of Gnutella

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it-warrants-mentioning dept.

jrp2 sent in a paper written by one of Napster's founding engineers. It is a mathematical evaluation of Gnutella discussing why the network won't be able to scale up to any reasonable size. I have been impressed with Gnutella in the past, and have wondered along these same lines in the past.

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  1. Hitchhiker's Guide, Part II. by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
    Earth: Mostly harmless.

    Napster: Sucks ass.

    Gnutella: Doesn't scale.

    (Mod my ass as Flamebait for this, but didn't everyone know about Gnutella's scaling problems, and for-pay Napster sucking ass, based on Slashdot stories months and weeks before today?)

  2. What the hell? by avalys · · Score: 5, Funny

    Heh...somehow I read the title as "Mathematical Analysis of Guatemala", since this article has been posted before and Slashdot never posts anything twice.

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