From the Editors: Peer-to-Peer Community--Looking beyond the Legacy of Napster and Gnutella

  • Authors:

  • Greg Goth

  • Affiliations:

  • -

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Distributed Systems Online
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

The field of P2P has made enough novel contributions to justify its distinction from distributed systems in general. However, despite this innovation, a summary look at the applications that have emerged from this field tells a mostly monotonic story.