Your idea about leveraging a user's current networks is very good. That could make the data sharing be more specific, more focus on some common interests shared in those networks.
I'll write to you off-list. Ye Minjiao eO0o. Steven Wright<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/steven_wright.html> - "It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it." On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Shashi Kant <shashi....@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the up Otis. I will give this some more thought, prototype > some, and possibly put in a proposal for the Apache Incubator. > > Ye, > > I am not aware of Sixearch, but there are several P2P applications > e.g. WiredReach, Grub, Neurogrid etc. > However, my idea is quite a bit different from the existing apps. > > It differs because it leverages a user's current networks (IM buddies, > social networks, Organizations/Institutes etc.) instead of > any-to-any. There are several other differences, which I will flesh > out once I have given it more thought. > > > thanks for responding and email me off-list if you wish. > > shashi > sk...@alum.mit.edu > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org > >