Useful article describing the ses of peer-to-peer (P2P) networking in an educational context. Three major applications are suggested: data sharing, resource sharing, and workgroup collaboration. P2P computing has been slow to take hold because users must install software on their computers. And because of this, security becomes a greater issue than, say, using the web. But I think that the main barrier to the widespread use of P2P is psychological - it requires that people become active contributors of content and knowledge, not just recipients. But most people don't want to contribute, at least, not on a sustained basis, because it takes too much time. CRLF
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