Gnutella is what it is today by commerical programs. In fact "unregistered" gnutella would probably be dead today if it werent for commerical programs gnutella would be dead.. Before the first real commerical programs the total number of hosts on gnutella was around 2500 hosts for the entire network... Almost all the protocol proposals come from commerical companies or interests.

Look you can bitch and complain all you want about spyware, adware and etc. But some programs on the network arent commerical like gnucleus and no one is forcing you to use a commerical program..

If you dont like commerical programs then dont use them its that simple. People are not stupid others will use whatever program they want to. No one is forcing you to use a specific program why should you be allowed to tell others what programs they "should" be using..

As for the fact that bearshare and limewire clump there programs together what does that matter, they arent cut off from gnutella you can still download off of them and if you dont use them then it really shouldnt matter. They dont clump 100% together either.. Dont like it then have the noncommerical programs become better and compete with the commerical ones to get users to use them, not flame commerical programs and create new networks which doesnt solve anything..

Adware doesnt make host connection, nor does it make downloads or uploads slower.. In fact it has nothing to do with the protocol at all. Its not a gnutella issue , its a personal preference.

I think that people are overreacting and trying to come up with solutions to a problem that doesnt exist and doesnt affect the network.

Note: I expect to get flamed and called immature lame insults but i dont care.. If some want to blame me and pass off my posts with some excuse then all i can say is good luck with the 2nd gnutella network the old one will still be here and will stay for a long time.