Comments on: eDonkey, the new king of P2P http://gigaom.com/2005/08/28/edonkey-the-new-king-of-p2p/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:21:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Om Malik’s Broadband Blog — » GUBA, Google of the Usenet? http://gigaom.com/2005/08/28/edonkey-the-new-king-of-p2p/#comment-21952 Om Malik’s Broadband Blog — » GUBA, Google of the Usenet? Wed, 02 Nov 2005 13:21:32 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/28/edonkey-the-new-king-of-p2p/#comment-21952 <p>[...] Lost amidst the hype and hoopla around the Web 2.0 is an inherent truth: the web is not the Internet, but instead a part of the Internet. Internet relay chats, email, peer-to-peer networks, and the dark web are all part of the Internet and account for more data traffic than the web. And then there is the Usenet - vanished from public memory, but still thriving, throbbing with activity. When people think of Usenet, they think of text - not multimedia. Sure the torrent-nets and eDonkey’s get all the attention, many don’t know that organic nature of the Usenet has made it relatively a treasure trove of videos, files, images and other multimedia content. [...]</p> [...] Lost amidst the hype and hoopla around the Web 2.0 is an inherent truth: the web is not the Internet, but instead a part of the Internet. Internet relay chats, email, peer-to-peer networks, and the dark web are all part of the Internet and account for more data traffic than the web. And then there is the Usenet – vanished from public memory, but still thriving, throbbing with activity. When people think of Usenet, they think of text – not multimedia. Sure the torrent-nets and eDonkey’s get all the attention, many don’t know that organic nature of the Usenet has made it relatively a treasure trove of videos, files, images and other multimedia content. [...]

]]> By: matt schulte http://gigaom.com/2005/08/28/edonkey-the-new-king-of-p2p/#comment-21942 matt schulte Wed, 31 Aug 2005 18:53:39 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/28/edonkey-the-new-king-of-p2p/#comment-21942 <p>I would like to officially announce the launch of a new meme.</p> <p>"It's not the screen, it's the filter."</p> <p>That's where the opportunity really lies, and the innovation still lags the need.</p> I would like to officially announce the launch of a new meme.

“It’s not the screen, it’s the filter.”

That’s where the opportunity really lies, and the innovation still lags the need.

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