Peer to Peer, Friend to Friend

Posted on August 11, 2000 by Dan Gillmor

Dan Bricklin has posted a new essay about peer-to-peer computing.

  • Friend-to-Friend Networks: Therefore, the definition of a “friend” may need to be very narrow, depending upon what the sharing involves. Napster shares just MP3 files, which currently don’t have viruses and where many people will tolerate varying quality, so the trust doesn’t have to be too great.

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