__/ [ Jerry McBride ] on Monday 05 March 2007 23:00 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> __/ [ Jerry McBride ] on Sunday 04 March 2007 03:55 \__
>>
>>> Mark Kent wrote:
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>> __/ [ B Gruff ] on Monday 26 February 2007 19:58 \__
>>>>>
>>>>>> My word:-
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Microsoft lawyers who believed they'd buried the most embarrassing
>>>>>> collection of documents about the company's murky past for good,
>>>>>> without any one noticing, were in for a surprise this weekend. The
>>>>>> archive has become a mainstay of the Bittorrent P2P file sharing
>>>>>> networks."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "A healthy 20+ seeds have been distributing the files for the past few
>>>>>> days, at any one time."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (big snip)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "The material needs to find a home in a academic institution, which
>>>>>> has the time to curate it, check for completeness, and put the
>>>>>> material in context. And ideally this should be in a region beyond US
>>>>>> jurisdiction - if there are any such places this side of Jupiter.
>>>>>> (Perhaps the Gates Foundation can recommend somewhere)"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/26/microsoft_archive_goes_torrent/
>>>>>
>>>>> I have my share as well. I have taken a glimpse at a couple among
>>>>> thousands of files, but the amount is really vast and it requires time
>>>>> for digestion. Maybe the EU can make use of these exhibit. You know, a
>>>>> place that won't be lured by some cash and then drop the charges...
>>>>>
>>>>> And that's what the Internet is about, isn't it? Reuse, sharing, and
>>>>> transparecy. No wonder Microsoft embraces DRM with enthusiasm. It makes
>>>>> knowledge expire.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, I've started the torrent down as well, so in due course I'll have
>>>> a stack of rar files...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Mark, can you email me a torrent? I've been searching, but I can't find
>>> it...
>>
>> 2.6 gigs by E-mail?
>>
>
> No Roy... just the *.torrent or a url pointing to the files... :')
>
>> Homer is going to host them as well (just one among many). Let me just
>> find my reply to him... he asked about the torrents and I replied by
>> E-mail...
>>
>> Okay, got it.
>>
>> "http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=iowa+microsoft
>>
>> More here:
>>
>> http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=iowa
>>
>> 2.6 gigs. I only have a fraction. Share it, spread it. Host it?"
>>
>> Keep it safe. I have some of it on my external hard-drive.
>>
>
>
> Ktorrent finished downloading it last night... I've been seeding it all day
> and will probably do so for quite some time. It's a "very popular" torrent
> indeed.
Doug does the 'OCR' by hand. I find it quite helpful. Take this one for
example:
http://digg.com/apple/Leaked_Antitrust_Memos_Microsoft_Uses_Mac_Users_as_Guinea_Pigs
Thanks, Doug! As I said to gim, he ought to host that stuff on a permanent
domain that can be cited. UseNet is not the ideal place for this for a whole
bunch of reasons.
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