[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst

[Benja Fallenstein]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Branch:         
Changes by:     Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden>      03/11/01 13:33:56

Modified files:
        pointers       : article.rst 

Log message:
        a little different abstract-- let's see whether tjl likes this one too 
:)

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.47&tr2=1.48&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: manuscripts/pointers/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.47 
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.48
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.47       Sat Nov  1 13:27:37 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst    Sat Nov  1 13:33:56 2003
@@ -40,11 +40,14 @@
 Abstract
 ========
 
-File sharing systems allow you to download a file from any host 
-that has a copy. This saves bandwidth and increases availability. 
-It would be nice if the Web worked the same way. However, 
-most current P2P systems have no facility 
-to allow documents to be updated. The systems that do 
+If the Web worked like a file-sharing system, there would be
+no central point of failure for a Web page; it could be downloaded
+from any host that has a copy. This would save bandwidth
+and increase availability. However, if the Web worked like
+a file-sharing system, Web pages could never be updated.
+
+Most current P2P systems have no facility 
+for updating documents. The systems that do 
 (such as Freenet or OceanStore) require state in the network 
 for remembering what the current version of a document is.
 Thus, to keep a version of a Web page available,