Is it really irrelevant? Gnutella, contrary to public belief is not purely decentralized. Companies like clip2 are investing lots of money into a service that provides addresses of "active, well-positioned Gnutella hosts 24/7 for over six months." Another thing to note, is that Napster was shutdown because it simulated illegal file distribution through its software... So let's create a hypothetical situation in which the providers of the host information were shutdown, along with the companies that produce the software(i.e. bearshare, gnotella, limewire, toadnode...etc) Would that not at least stifle the growth of Gnutella, which is already having a difficult time scaling?
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Is it really irrelevant? Gnutella, contrary to public belief is not purely decentralized. Companies like clip2 are investing lots of money into a service that provides addresses of "active, well-positioned Gnutella hosts 24/7 for over six months." Another thing to note, is that Napster was shutdown because it simulated illegal file distribution through its software... So let's create a hypothetical situation in which the providers of the host information were shutdown, along with the companies that produce the software(i.e. bearshare, gnotella, limewire, toadnode...etc) Would that not at least stifle the growth of Gnutella, which is already having a difficult time scaling?