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That is like saying we don't need Gnutella because we already have FTP. |
Now that is completely absurd. FTP is merely a transfer protocol. It is not a peer to peer network. On the other hand, an IM network using dedicated clients and an IM network using clients that are built into Gnutella clients are the same. Comparing FTP-Gnutella and TraditionalIM-GnutellaIM is comparing two completely different things.
Gnutella serves a specific purpose, sharing files between peers. If you want Gnutella to become a full-fledged IM network, it is reinventing the wheel, and wasting the time of Gnutella developers. Furthermore, you would never catch up with the developers who are working on a dedicated IM network only.
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This would releive us all of AOL's monopoly of the Instant Messaging Market.
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Again, that is absurd. There is no monopoly. You are free to use MSN, or Yahoo!, or Jabber. The only difference is the number of users on the network. If Gnutella becomes an IM network as well, you'd just have yet another network that is not interoperable with the others. Or are you asking Gnutella developers to make it so the Gnutella IM network is also interoperable with MSN, Yahoo, Jabber, etc.?
If you are frustrated that so many people use AOL's network and you dislike their software, try Trillian or GAIM or other interoperable clients out there.