As if P2P wasn’t disruptive enough, all of them are planning to be interoperable, promising to improve the efficiency of peer-to-peer searches and sharpen competition among rival software developers.
Peer-to-peer interoperability could provide a boon for end users, because it could give them access to a wider variety of content and swapping partners. But it also could be a setback for companies, such as Kazaa distributor Sharman Networks, that include advertising and other commercial features. If Morpheus and other companies successfully offer universal P2P searching, they could immediately match, or even exceed, the available library of files on rival networks, regardless of how many people use their software.
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