Soap Box

(Josette Garcia)

OpenNap network is similar to Napster, but OpenNap supports exchange of multiple file types, not just audio. A study by Clip2 shows that OpenNap usage has plummeted since February, probably due to RIAA's notice to ISPs. I thought this article recently published on O'Reilly Network's OpenP2P.com would interest you.

Key Findings

• The number of OpenNap servers fell by over 75% in the period from late February to late April 2001.
• The number of simultaneous users among these servers declined from 100,000 in late March to less than 50,000 by late April.
• The number of files available dropped about 50% from its peak in March.
• The average file size among files shared by OpenNap users rose by over 20% between early February and late April.

Josette is Marketing Manager for O'Reilly's UK operations.