Re: [Mldonkey-users] emule killed mldonkey.. that's a fact

[Marc]

> At least there seems to be like 3 ppl on the list who understand that
emule
> *is* leeching from other donkeys ;) but we must do something, not just run
> to overnet, emules want support for overnet, their developpers are working
> on it (saw this somewhere on the emule forums), don't put your heads in
the
> sand, emules are going to take over overnet too and our favorite client
will
> be wothless. :P

are you so sure about that ?
I mean yes of course emule gets downloads from ed2k clients but from what
i've seen with my recent emule experience, emule2emule is working too and
quite well..
After all, how could we blame emule developpers  to make a better ed2k
client than the official one, that was obviously not as good as the current
emule client.. then how could we blame them to use tricks that mld
introduced to ed2k, like multiserver connections (does emule really use that
?), recording source lists and so on...
Finally yes, they try to add some protocol features that were not included
in ed2k protocol.. some of them are probably not so good, like ratio and
credit systems, but in the end if the network runs at least as fast as
before with their client, why not use it ?

Considering the overnet emule threat, i don't know what to think yet..

One thing we have to keep in mind, that emule growth taught us.. and
especially to us linux users : windows users and most internet users in
general are attracted by good lookin, flashy and well featured interfaces..
In my opinion, emule attracted a lot more users to edonkey than the official
client could have on its own..

I really hope overnet will benefit from this..
if emule developpers wish to update their client with overnet protocol, i
can only hope that the overnet upload protocol will be analyzed and
published soon so that they can use it too...

Of course i'm quite frustrated, as we all are, by the current lack of
efficiency of mldonkey with emule clients..

I'm afraid i don't feel the emule threat on overnet, maybe that's because
i've not took a close look at the way things work..
but basicaly i think that if more people come to the network and share their
bandwidth it can't really be a bad thing..
Moreover the client war will only get people confused and may make them run
away and try another p2p network..

Personnaly i'm more concerned about making users understand that sharing
bandwidth and files is critical and edonkey definitely brought something
fresh and new to p2p worlds which is the community, making every user aware
that other people are out there. ;)



Marc