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Napster and Gnutella Measurements

Posted by Hemos on from the measuring-the-impact dept.

belswick writes "UW has posted a paper titled "Measuring and Analyzing the Characteristics of Napster and Gnutella Hosts" at Washington in PDF form. Interesting reading for those who implement P2P software, with actual measurements, tools, and topologies. You 3l33t H4x0rz are ACM members, R1gh4?" You can get a cache of the PDF and view it online as well.

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  1. Napster didn't return... the uncatchy name did by adzoox · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The name Napster didn't seem like a catchy name to begin with. It also got associated with "song theft" or "Geek/Techie rights fighters"

    The Napster of today isn't NEARLY as fast due to the fact it's no longer a peer to peer system. It can't even begin to compete (bandwidth wise) with Gnutella. On a 56k modem I can get a song of of LimeWire (which partially uses the Gnutella network) in about 3 to 3.5 minutes. On Napster, it takes about 8 minutes. Neither is a problem with broadband.

    That said, I could also get a file that was cross platform compatible of the "old napster" - the new Napster can be used effectively with Macs because of the DRM format chosen.

    And yes, I am aware WMP9 came out for X the other day, it still doesn't have the playlist management iTunes or even Audion has.

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  2. ACM considered harmful. by voodoo1man · · Score: 2, Flamebait
    You 3l33t H4x0rz are ACM members, R1gh4?
    WTF is this supposed to mean? Are you endorsing the ACM? You do realize the ACM is basically one big (and with the web and open document publishing standards, totally unnecessary, like many other commercial "scientific" journals) scam of an organization?
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