Gnutella was the first decentralized network. The original Gnutella was developed by Justin Frankle of NullSoft. However, NullSoft's parent company, AOL, quickly discovered the program on NullSoft's site and ordered it down. Gnutella

However, several hundred copies were downloaded and programmers immediately began to reverse engineer it. Because of the network's open nature, several clients emerged as the new leaders of Gnutella. Two clients, BearShare and LimeWire, became the front runners in this open network

Since then many Gnutella clients have entered the fray, including Morpheus, without any clear leader. Many feel this has hurt the Gnutella network, as some claim it fails to perform as well as leading networks such as SoulSeek, eDonkey2000, Overnet or WinMX. Gnutella Resources Gnutella.com Unofficial homepage, not very resourceful. Gnutellanews.com News site with some useful Gnutella information. GnutellaForums.com Good Q&A site. Gnutella Developers Forum Find the latest and greatest on Gnutella here.

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