[p2p-hackers] Re: scalability (was: p2p framework)

[Ronald Wertlen]

Hi,

Gnutella-bashing certainly may be fun, the truth is, it is tremendously 
well-adapted for its purpose (I think Serguei's said the relevant stuff).

However, I also believe it is pretty clear that from a search point of 
view, a random super-peer based network does not scale - it is never 
going to get the kind of precision and recall that we would call 
intelligent. It would be too slow or too inaccurate.

(This belief may be substantiated by looking at one of the best search 
and retrieval super-peer networks we know - our brains (menufactured by 
millenia of evolution or a master craftsman ;-)) - and that's certainly 
not randomly structured, although parts of it probably are.)

To sum up some: Gnutella is great in a non-critical scenario, but sucks 
for obsessive science types.  ;-)

best wishes, Ron