Tuesday, February 25, 2003

What is Peer-to-Peer computing?  It is not just shared resource (like grid computing).  It is not shared content sharing (like file sharing).  It is also about shared business processes.  Fascinating note from IT research company, Garnter: http://www4.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?id=384745 12:27:53 PM    comment []

The rape and pillage of Napster get's another lease on life!  Napster gets a new lease of life. Napster, the pioneering online music file swapping service, will be relaunched by the end of the year as a legal subscription service. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] 11:08:45 AM    comment []

Microsoft are demoing ThreeDegrees http://www.threedegrees.com and though it is only for XP users (which severely limites is adoption with teens) it should be an interesting P2P application.  It does not seen to do much more than what Chat and Groove would do if you mashed them together, but its pretty cool.  It is certainly more of a work-group or should i say fun-group think. 10:27:18 AM    comment []