“野火烧不尽,春风吹又生”或许是对P2P软件发展的最好诠释。自从人们意识到P2P软件所蕴含的巨大能量后,就再也没有力量能够阻止它前进的步伐了。在Napster陷入诉讼危机的同时,又一批软件诞生了,而且更为强大。Gnutella便是一例,它吸取了Napster的失败教训,将P2P的理念更推进一步:它不存在中枢目录服务器,用户只要安装了该软件,立即变成一台能够提供完整目录和文件服务的服务器,并会 “Wildfire burning, spring breeze again” may be the best interpretation of P2P software development. Since people realized the huge energy inherent in P2P software, they no longer have the power to stop it from moving forward. While Napster was in litigation crisis, another batch of software was born, and more powerful. An example is Gnutella, which draws lessons from Napster’s failure and takes P2P as a further step forward: It does not exist as a hub directory server and as soon as a user installs it, it instantly becomes a server that provides a complete directory and file service, And will