P2P Future Darkens as EDonkey Closes (2005)(web.archive.org)

14 pointsby ecliptikvor 4 Jahren3 comments

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P2P Future Darkens as EDonkey Closes (2005)

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"As you know, eBay recently acquired the P2P company Skype for more than two billion dollars," Yagan said. "Note that Skype was founded offshore; it would be a real tragedy and a blow to our economy should all technology entrepreneurs take their innovations offshore."

jamesfinlaysonvor 4 Jahren

What a blast from the past - I remember eDonkey and eMule, and LimeWire too - all great sources of viruses in the mid 2000s.

everyonevor 4 Jahren

A few of those P2P sharing networks from that era are still going fine. I guess they were obscure enough to not get hit with any lawsuits and so just kept going.

[deleted]vor 4 Jahren