Lord_of_the_Dense
09-24-2004, 09:00 PM
On November 6th of 2002, Michael Stokes, programmer of Shareaza, released version 1.7 of his software. While this may seem like just another day in the life of P2P, it would spark one of the greatest confrontations between file-sharing networks. Version 1.7 would support the highly controversial Gnutella2 protocol.
Releasing a new P2P network in and of itself would not prove to be the controversy. To understand what precipitated, a bit of a history lesson is necessary.
Prior to diversifying to Gnutella, Shareaza was solely a Gnutella client. Michael Stokes was an active and respected member of the Gnutella Development Forum, who brought about many new ideas to an aging network. However, much like Ares developer Alberto Treves, Michael was frustrated at the slow pace of development and could not longer wait for more radical ideas to be implemented. Without any warning or notice, Michael Stokes broke ranks from the GDF, registered Gnutella2.com and released Shareaza 1.7.
Read entire story here (http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=573).
Releasing a new P2P network in and of itself would not prove to be the controversy. To understand what precipitated, a bit of a history lesson is necessary.
Prior to diversifying to Gnutella, Shareaza was solely a Gnutella client. Michael Stokes was an active and respected member of the Gnutella Development Forum, who brought about many new ideas to an aging network. However, much like Ares developer Alberto Treves, Michael was frustrated at the slow pace of development and could not longer wait for more radical ideas to be implemented. Without any warning or notice, Michael Stokes broke ranks from the GDF, registered Gnutella2.com and released Shareaza 1.7.
Read entire story here (http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=573).