__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 09 December 2006 21:46 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Will BitTorrent Open Source µTorrent?
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| After the recent announcement by BitTorrent Inc that it has acquired the
>>| popular, lightweight Windows torrent client, µTorrent, there has been
>>| much speculation about the company making the source code of µTorrent
>>| public.
>>|
>>| [...]
>>|
>>| Why would the company open source µTorrent?
>>|
>>| There are many reasons for them to do so. One of the many
>>| advantages would be to get it quickly and easily ported to
>>| other platforms such as OS X and Linux, a task the company
>>| has promised to get done.
>> `----
>>
>> http://torrentfreak.com/will-bittorrent-open-source-%c2%b5torrent/
>>
>>
>> Recently:
>>
>> BitTorrent receives $20 million in financing
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| File-sharing company BitTorrent has received $20 million in
>>| financing, the company announced late Thursday.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://news.com.com/2061-10802_3-6139882.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
>>
>>
>> BitTorrent Goes Legit
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| On its own, BitTorrent could become a next-generation NetFlix,
>>| soon to be replaced by others, especially since early
>>| versions of BitTorrent's technology were open-source,
>>| free to be downloaded over the Web.
>>|
>>| [...]
>>|
>>| Already, software company Red Hat (RHAT) uses free
>>| versions of the technology to distribute the open-source
>>| operating system Linux to companies.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2006/tc20061023_551741.htm?campaign_id=bier_tco.g3a.rssd1023i
>> http://tinyurl.com/yjgghr
>>
>> IIRC though, BT will use Microsoft DRM and it's in bed with the MPAA.
>
> For IPTV it's using the Microsoft offering, certainly. I really don't
> know about the MPAA.
I actually meant BitTorrent. Bram Cohen, that is... Windows DRM (or any DRM
for that matter): customers hate it, vendors (especially those seeking to
monopolise over content) love it.
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