Posted by Hammerer on 01/19/45 11:28

"Perseus" <ComHost-h0001.erase@hccnet.nl> wrote in message
news:JzpEQ8wvZBfB=wRVbkW+IiZwR+rv@4ax.com...
>
> On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 21:05:18 +0100, Triffid
> <spamme@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Slyck has published the official obituary. WinMX is now officially,
> > truly dead. Don't be fooled by those progress bars in front of you.
> > http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=940
> >
>
> You might want to take a better look at the article you're referring
> to, for at the bottom of it it says this:
> "As a testament to the amazing cultural influence of this network, as
> well as the strength and ingenuity of its community, the network was
> resurrected two days later. Primitive host cache servers were
> established allowing the WinMX client to connect the restored network.
> A more permanent solution is currently being worked on."
> "While some scoffed at the idea and merely suggest another network, one
> has to remember the endurance and vitality of a P2P community; which in
> this circumstance proved to be mightier than the network itself. This
> fact is further supported by the surge of WinMX as the second gaining
> search term on Google.com ending the month of September."
>

A shorter version, from the bottom of the same article, which says it better
:

"Whether this is truly the end of WinMX is unknown."

The article was shite.

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