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[Michael Rogers]

Matthew Toseland wrote:
> Small isolated Freenet networks are of little value because we provide
> none of the features that would make them useful at present.

OK I see what you mean now. I agree that small Freenets aren't very
useful - something like WASTE or Direct Connect is probably more
suitable for a small, trusted group.

> Of course. But to do that we have to make small isolated Freenet's
> useful.

Not only that - you have to solve the problem of merging two mature
networks. I don't think the swapping or routing algorithms would cope
very well with that, which is why I classify Freenet in the "one big
network" category.

Cheers,
Michael