Microsoft's own Bittorrent

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Yousuf Khan

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chrisv wrote:
> Vaporware and FUD. Classic Micro$oft.
>
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1829684,00.asp

Yeah, I read that today as well. But original article I posted didn't
contain a lot of fud about bittorrent, just some ideas about how
Microsoft thinks it can improve upon the protocol. I think maybe the fud
came later.

Yousuf Khan

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Robert Myers wrote:
> Why FUD? BitTorrent type technology sounds like a winner for content
> distribution. Can be used to distribute legal content just as well as
> illicit content or free software.

Actually if you read the Dvorak article, it seems to imply that soon
after making the statement about improving Bittorrent, some stories got
released from Microsoft about how Bittorrent infests you with spyware.
That's where the FUD allegations come from.

> Just another example of Microsoft turning the ideas of others into
> mediocre products. Microsoft wants to kneecap the competition? Of
> course they do. So what else is new?

Yeah, well, it's Microsoft's perogative to something like that
especially since the Bittorrent protocol is in the Open Source. It's
available for Microsoft to view and re-implement in their own way.

Yousuf Khan