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Locutus Preview Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the borg-nanoprobes dept.

An anonymous reader writes "FreeNet's Ian Clarke has released the preview version of his latest P2P endeavor Locutus. Aimed at the corporate world, Locutus adds encryption to the mix - new for a P2P client - to secure files traded across the network as well as the ability to scan within text files to improve search results. Locutus Lite is the free version for those who are more concerned with trading movies and tunes. Locutus Enterprise is the pay version that Clarke hopes to lure corporations to shell out money for (for secure trading of research and other documents). Those interested in trying the preview can download it here."

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  1. simpler solution for trading research by macshune · · Score: 4, Insightful

    it's called e-mail with PGP.

  2. who would pay for this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seriously, why would anyone buy another application when they already have http and ftp sites, e-mail, etc? Most "research" isn't widely in demand enough to warrant the distribution model of p2p.

  3. Re:Microsoft.. by MisterFancypants · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Here we are, facing a world where bandwidth is at a premium, and viral infections are running rampant, and we code some application that takes 20 MEGAbytes of loader to transfer a 400K File? C'mon! Is there any common sense left in programming any more?

    Just like the ~20 megabytes you need if you download a Java application. Its called a runtime environment. It consists of the virtual machine that runs .NET code, plus all the APIs/libraries that go along with such. It is a one time download and then you can run any .NET application. Future versions of Windows will have the .NET framework pre-installed.

    All in all you're making a whole lot of noise for nothing. This is absolutely no different than the "bloat" one has to endure to download Perl if one wants to run Perl scripts, Python for Python scripts, or the Java Runtime Environment for Java programs. As with all of those situations it either a one time download, or no worries at all if it is preinstalled in the OS (which will be the case for .NET moving forward). The only difference is this is Microsoft, so you're quick to bash them because you're an ignorant asshole.

  4. Is this a joke? by ThoreauHD · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Running "secure" proprietary software on a windows box. Where have I heard that before. No man. Put the pipe down and walk away.

    These people don't seem to learn.

  5. Re:Another 20MB. by Forgotten · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, there's always another level to a complete appraisal. Many people object to .Net because promulgating it furthers goals of Microsoft's which they object to. That's a perfectly reasonably objection, and by that yardstick your observation that it works well for some purposes is largely irrelevant.
    Don't assume that mere dogma underlies every opinion opposed to yours.

  6. Wrong by Sanity · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Think about it - how much time do most information workers spend looking for information? Some estimate about two hours per day, and over 80% of information in the Enterprise is located on user's hard disks - not on web or ftp sites.

    This is the market Locutus is going after.

  7. copyright violation + encryption == 10 years ? by zcat_NZ · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Joy oh joy..

    Under the new "PATRIOT II" legislation, using encryption while comitting a crime will result in a prison sentence of 5 to 10 years. They don't mention if it has to be a 'serious' crime, so I guess copyright violation qualifies.

    This could get interesting.

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