(file sharing) morpheus rules!

[Steve Mynott]

Adam Back <adam at cypherspace.org> writes:

> If any were looking for a replacement for napster since
> it buckled to pressure from RIAA, it's here: morpheus.

Are you sure this isn't just the first flush of enthusiasm which will
fade in the cold light of morning?

Isn't it just yet another closed source P2P network like Direct
Connection?

> Gnutella wasn't but didn't scale, morpheus appears
> to be scaling and if anything performance is improving
> as the data density gets higher so the sharing surface
> can give you the content you want from closer and closer
> nodes.  There may be an inflection point where it
> starts to really take off as the number of users
> is still improving the usability, performance and
> variety of content.

Why don't you think Gnutella doesn't scale?

<http://www.openp2p.com/lpt/a//p2p/2001/01/25/truelove0101.html>

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