Hello, I'm not developer but I've used fairly both BitTorrent and Freenet. > This simply isn't true - you can only get data in BitTorrent from people > who have specifically downloaded the thing you are looking for and who > leave their client running - Freenet spreads content beyond those that > are specifically downloading it meaning that data's longevity is likely > to be much better with Freenet.
Agreed: BitTorrent is only good as long as the file is being requested now. Freenet sources may have a longer live span (though Freenet also forgets data not requested, yes?). > No, but you do need to deal with Python, and I haven't heard too many > reports of trouble from people that can't get Java installed in a while > now. The installation and use of BitTorrent is the simplest I've ever seen. You don't ever are aware of Python being somewhere. I must say that Freenet is far from that actually. You have to configure some things or at least go with defaults that are presented. The settings page (talking about windows) is intimidating (i.e: requires slow down to understand what you are doing :)) I have had seamless installations but also others (generally in re-installations some time after a removal) where it won't run, and both things have happened to me: JDK not being happy for some reason, or old installation parameters messing something up. In installation/operation simplicity, BitTorrent wins over Freenet for now. I don't have anymore to say for the rest, but I think that newcomers/non tech people can be overwhelmed for the first time confronted with Freenet. Even if download speed are good (which I can't testify because I've downloaded big files recently), freesites take quite a time to load, usually don't load completely or at all, and that doesn't give a good feeling. However, for those who have reached enough level of familiarity with freenet, a good index site a-la Sharereactor would be great, and no doubt it would attract people in the p2p scene. In the long run, I feel that everyone will end in Freenet or something similar, but it would be great if that happened not only because of law prosecution. Kind regards, Alex. _______________________________________________ devl mailing list devl at freenetproject.org http://hawk.freenetproject.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
