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winmx is a p2p file sharing program, which allows users
to share and download mp3's and other files. on September
21 2005 the winmx network and homepage went offline under
threat of legal action against the owners.
WinMX is a peer-to-peer file sharing program authored by
Frontcode Technologies and running on Windows operating
systems. The WinMX file sharing network has been offline
since September 2005 due to a lawsuit (see the "Decline"
section below). WinMX began its life as an OpenNAP client
capable of connecting to several servers simultaneously,
although Frontcode later created a proprietary protocol,
termed WinMX Peer Network Protocol (WPNP), which was used
starting with WinMX 2 in May 2001. WPNP version 2 was phased
out as WinMX 3.0 and its WPNP version 3 protocol came into
existence. Frontcode operated several cache servers to aid
WPNP network operation.Downloads can be very fast for popular
songs since the user can run a "multi-point download"
that simultaneously downloads the same file in small pieces
from several users. (for the complete article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinMX)
WinMX is one of the oldest free P2P music download networks
still in existence. In its long history, the WinMX software
has been faced with being shut down on several occasions.
Users of WinMX have a reputation for loyalty and community
that most other P2P networks cannot match….Unfortunately,
the technology behind the WinMX smart network eventually
fell behind the pace of developments in P2P networking in
two key respects. First, the WinMX method sometimes forced
users to wait in a queue for their downloads to complete.
Impatient users migrated to other networks that alleviated
this wait through more intelligent multi-source downloads
and other techniques. Additionally, the WinMX system did
not enforce a reasonable balance of downloads against uploads.
(for the complete article: http://compnetworking.about.com/od/winmx/a/winmxoverview.htm)
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