Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.
Re: Killer idea for the music industry
Author: Brad Pettit Posted: 8/6/2000; 11:50:52 PM Topic: Killer idea for the music industry Msg #: 19502 (In response to 19492) Prev/Next: 19501 / 19503
No, they're not the same thing. Napster's success is largely because it's focused on music. Gnutella, Freenet and other file-sharing mechanisms (some born before Napster) are also-rans mostly because they didn't focus. They are inherently more complex because they are content-type-agnostic, subsequently they are also more difficult to use.
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