The link compression makes using a new binary format not that much of a step forward - it mainly split the network (while LimeWire introduced rich XML queries in a compatible way - without splitting the network). "It adopts an extensible binary packet format and an entirely new search algorithm, both weak points on the Gnutella network."Īnd the search algorithm definitely isn't a weak point of the Gnutella network, just like the original packet format allowed for quite a lot extensions, so this statement is misleading.
While developers who have come after the flame war have said that this feature makes it much easier to code a client for Gnutella2 than Gnutella, Gnutella developers still maintain that the Generic Gnutella Extension Protocol (GGEP) allows for flexible additions to the Gnutella 0.6 protocol. (GGEP) allows for" which suggests that GGEP doesn't allow for flexible additions, while the cited developer just said "it's cleaner with Gnutella 2". It cites one singe developer as "developers who have come after the flame war" and follows up with "still maintain. Most Gnutella developers where very much united in being pissed that one single individual suddenly claimed the rights to the name "Gnutella 2". So I'd replace "shism" with "aversion", as shism suggests the Gnutella developers where split by "Gnutella 2", which casts them into a light which is just plain wrong. It created aversion against Mike, who had without any discussion with other Gnutella developers grabbed the domain name and started on his own to create an incompatible protocol whoose name sounded like it was a followup on Gnutella. The introduction of 'Gnutella 2' didn't cause a "shism" 1 The introduction of 'Gnutella 2' didn't cause a "shism".
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