Friday, August 09, 2002

Open source's new weapon: The law?. Open-source advocates will unfurl a legislative proposal next week to prohibit the state of California from buying software from companies that don't open their source code. [CNET News.com]
5:07:05 PM    

Dangers of the Google tool bar exposed. From annoyances to threats [The Register]
10:42:20 AM    

Gnutella bandwidth bandits. The file-trading network's developers are discovering that even their wide-open, free-for-all technology might need a little policing. [Salon.com]

But from the beginning, Gnutella exhibited a frustrating reluctance to "scale" -- to perform adequately for large numbers of users -- and when Napster did eventually shut down, in 2001, Gnutella wasn't ready for influx of refugees.
10:10:50 AM    



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