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David Megginson wrote: > > W. E. Perry writes: > > > I don't take this as a blanket dismissal at all. In fact, it seems > > to me that you validate my argument. What does scalability mean > > except adequate supply to meet actual demand? > > I agree that that's the great advantage of a Napster-like approach > (though in Napster's case, there's still a central server managing > connections, and that can act as a single point of congestion). You are trading resource for speed. It is a natural way for a distributed web to work, and a reason we now have 20gig drives cheap. It is also a valid example for people who study fractal patterns of distribution. The problem is not replication: it is broadcast with intent to replicate. Tim put his finger on it: intermediaries. len *************************************************************************** This is xml-dev, the mailing list for XML developers. To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@x...&BODY=unsubscribe%20xml-dev List archives are available at http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ ***************************************************************************
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