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Originally posted by Bobo the Red
I agree, logically if you are a network administrator with 2000 users, you aren't going to be operating on a peer basis ... you're going to have at least one server somewhere ... probably several.
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Ultrapeers are a good alternative to real servers. They appear and disappear dynamically to keep exactly as many ultrapeers as are currently needed by the network. Real central authorities make the network legally vulnerable.
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| So basically, the more gnutella clients, the worse off the network is. There are a slew of clients listed at Gnutelliums , each with a different vendor, not to mention all the "home-grown" variations of the client. |
The number of different clients is not the problem. The problem is that gnutella is an open protocol, anyone may write a client and there is no guarantee that all clients will be well behaved. So what LimeWire and the other clients need is some sort of defense against other clients and grouping is one approach to do that. Especially if a bad client is popular and makes up for a substantial portion of the network.
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| If the vendors went to a pay-for client, things would improve. Any thoughts? |
More commercial clients don't solve anything at all. Even if a client is commercial it does not mean that it's a good one.