FYI, a new P2P newsgroup that may be of interest.

Regards,

Joe

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    From: [log in to unmask] (Jonathan Grobe)
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    For your newsgroups file:
    alt.internet.p2p    Peer to peer computing on the internet.

    Quoting Clay Shirky:

    "P2P is a class of applications that takes advantage of resources --
    storage, cycles, content, human presence -- available at the edges of
    the Internet. Because accessing these decentralized resources means
    operating in an environment of unstable connectivity and unpredictable
    IP addresses, P2P nodes must operate outside the DNS system and have
    significant or total autonomy from central servers.
    ...
    If you're looking for a litmus test for P2P, this is it: 1) Does it
    treat variable connectivity and temporary network addresses as the
    norm, and 2) does it give the nodes at the edges of the network
    significant autonomy? If the answer to both of those questions is yes,
    the application is P2P. If the answer to either question is no, it's not
    P2P."

    These applications include file sharing such as Napster and Gnutella,
    instant messaging such as ICQ, distributed computing such as [log in to unmask]

    Currently there are newgroups which discuss some of these peer-to-peer
    applications:
    alt.gnutella                  6 posts/day
    alt.icq                      38 posts/day
    alt.music.mp3.napster       320 posts/day
    alt.sci.seti                 95 posts/day
    sci.astro.seti               37 posts/day

    A Google newsgroups search found
    p2p  2220 posts
    peer-to-peer 18700 posts (most posts not about this subject)

    This group is for all discussion about the above topic. Ads and binaries
    (except the small PGP type) are not allowed.

    --
    Jonathan Grobe