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Re: Definition of P2P (was Feinstein)
From: Daniel Reed <n () ml org>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:26:57 -0400 (EDT)
On 2004-08-30T16:33-0700, Bora Akyol wrote: ) I think we need to define what P2P is before we can address this. I don't know that such authority exists. "Peer to peer networking" has existed as a term for a lot longer than your post seems to imply. ) P2P I would define as distributed file sharing with database like search ) capabilities. If you define it in this context, the bandwidth I would be slightly more comfortable with this discussion if it used terminology other than the unqualified "P2P" or "peer to peer" for this meaning. The discussion may forever be plagued by side-discussions about meaning otherwise. -- Daniel Reed <n () ml org> http://people.redhat.com/djr/ http://naim.n.ml.org/ There is a lot of food in a supermarket, too, but a supermarket isn't the best place to hold a dinner party. -- Christopher Faylor
Current thread:
- RE: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of P2P, (continued)
- RE: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of P2P Bora Akyol (Aug 30)
- RE: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of P2P Sean Donelan (Aug 30)
- RE: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of P2P Martin J. Levy (Aug 30)
- RE: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of P2P Bora Akyol (Aug 30)
- RE: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of P2P Dave Dennis (Aug 30)
- Definition of P2P (was Feinstein) Bora Akyol (Aug 30)
- Re: Definition of P2P (was Feinstein) Dave Dennis (Aug 30)
- Re: Definition of P2P (was Feinstein) David A. Ulevitch (Aug 30)
- RE: Definition of P2P (was Feinstein) Bora Akyol (Aug 30)
- Re: Definition of P2P (was Feinstein) Rob Nelson (Aug 31)
- Re: Definition of P2P (was Feinstein) Daniel Reed (Aug 30)
- RE: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of P2P Owen DeLong (Aug 30)
- Re: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of P2P Petri Helenius (Aug 31)
- Re: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of P2P Iljitsch van Beijnum (Aug 31)
- RE: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of P2P Ted Fischer (Aug 31)
- Re: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of P2P Christopher L. Morrow (Aug 30)