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Originally posted by Nosferatu
LimeWire it seems is not a lot better (than BearShare) - they still allow 0.4 clients to connect - up to 4 of them to an ultranode, with UltraNodes making up 1 in 80 LimeWire clients .. so in fact you get <I>up to</I> <B>one 0.4 connection to every 20 LimeWire clients on the network</B> .. and that is if they can't fill up their slots with other LimeWire clients. (In fact, this goes for 0.6 clients as well, anything which doesn't yet have Ultrapeer support).
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You have to understand that this is the sanest thing to do for an Ultrapeer-enabled client. By aggregating to Ultrapeer-capable hosts, you not only get to see files from 1 but to 50, or 100, or even 200 hosts: the ultrapeer's own files plus all its leaves.
What does it mean? It means clients not supporting ultrapeers will become marginal. So just implement ultrapeers.
I don't believe LW is segregating. It will allow 4 slots for other ultrapeers and 2 to "legacy" clients. This allows to bridge the older clients, but does not leave much room for older clients to connect.
Yes, it's a shame. Do you have a better strategy to offer?