Dear David,<br><br>perhaps you could pitch in, and explain how the lasindias 'bazaar' software possibly fits in the increasing calls for a independent and distributed internet infrastructure?<br><br>Michel<br><br>
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Michel, definitely count us in on this. I think you are right, that<br>
while there are no guarantees, that in many ways this transition is<br>
starting now.<br>
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One sign that seems to me to be connected to both wikileaks phenomenon<br>
earlier, and the Pirate Party/Tunisia/Egypt activity is that more and<br>
more mainstream programmers and internet advocates (like Douglas<br>
Rushkoff) are seriously discussing or already contributing to efforts<br>
to create truly p2p/distributed internet infrastructure. I know you've<br>
seen me state this previously, but I will repeat it here:<br>
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The pressures close, control, and centralize the networks and software<br>
that are the "internet" by corporations and governments are driving<br>
the rapid evolution of a completely distributed internet<br>
infrastructure. The technological building blocks to create a<br>
distributed internet have existed for some time now, it has largely<br>
been a matter of obstacles being social/political/cultural.<br>
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So, this old, forgotten book is now really important again for the at<br>
least part of the discussion on the basic exploration of concepts<br>
(although the technologies it discusses may be outdated):<br>
<a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596001100/" target="_blank">http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596001100/</a><br>
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The Ruby programming language now supports distributed Ruby<br>
programming, and Erlang can handle massively distributed computing as<br>
well. Several data stores have also emerged that can easily be<br>
distributed (couchdb, riak, etc). See also:<br>
<a href="http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2011/public/schedule/detail/17648" target="_blank">http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2011/public/schedule/detail/17648</a> The web<br>
protocols behind the diaspora software release also show that a fully<br>
distributed social networking web infrastructure is now possible.<br>
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Michel, can you tell me a good place to plug this in to p2pf wiki? I<br>
also have many examples as mentioned before of emerging discussion<br>
among open source software developers with the chops to make p2p<br>
internet happen, and mainstream channels like O'Reilly discussing<br>
again<br>
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