Quite a few companies are trying to sell [distributed computing] under the p-to-p banner. While I think it is a nice idea, it is nothing new, and I think [United Devices] might have trouble finding people willing to pay for it.

That did happen. He may have made a connection with Perry, but Truman was ultimately a writer. A writer trying to get the story.

[Not everyone shares Prince's enthusiasm for the synergistic potential between peer-to-peer file sharing and distributed computing.] Quite a few companies are trying to sell [distributed computing] under the p-to-p banner, ... While I think it is a nice idea, it is nothing new, and I think [United Devices] might have trouble finding people willing to pay for it.

We're hoping that the gap between amateur creativity and creativity funded by large, centralized media companies will probably continue to shrink.

Our goal was to provide a system whereby people could share information over the internet without revealing their identity and without permitting any form of government censorship.

In a capitalist system, if things change, you adapt.