Posted by
ryuzaki0
on from the hey-buddy-gotta-file dept.
Kaseijin writes "'We believe that if peer-to-peer flourishes, the Internet flourishes.' Earthlink's Research and Development division has released SIPshare, a prototype file-sharing application based on SIP. The code is available under a BSD-style license."
The Underpants Gnomes had 3 steps. If you make it into more, or don't end in "PROFIT!!!" then you aren't doing it for the right reasons. The goal is profit. The goal is ALWAYS profit.
Re:It should read
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KDan
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Not only that, but what makes SIP better than, say, JXTA?
Daniel
-- Carpe Diem
Re:Good Bye EarthLink
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JediDan
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The customer service is what will doom Earthlink, not the R&D to fix network routing problems.
To quote what is on DSL Reports
"To dodge potential legal bullets, the company notes SIPShare is NOT a supported EarthLink product. 'It is more than anything else a manifestation of an idea,' says the company. 'So if you call our Tech Support with SIPshare questions, they will have no idea what you are talking about. So please, if you use SIPshare, you're on your own.'"
-- - Dan
Re:It should read
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halfelven
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Since it's good for VoIP, it's good to carry persistent streams of data, which is typical for P2P.
Also, it's more likely that SIP would be allowed by default through various corporate firewalls, while typical P2P protocols will be blocked. Think of it as a firewall circumventing feature. I was actually impressed, the idea is clever.
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I would think it doesn't. Not anymore than crowbar makers can be liable for breaking and entering.
Then again we've all seen the US court system make mind-bending leaps of illogic so I guess anything's possible.
Just wait till some crappy band steals your nic.
I like how everyone screws up the South Park quote. For those of you that don't know, read this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underpants_Gnomes
The Underpants Gnomes had 3 steps. If you make it into more, or don't end in "PROFIT!!!" then you aren't doing it for the right reasons. The goal is profit. The goal is ALWAYS profit.
Not only that, but what makes SIP better than, say, JXTA?
Daniel
Carpe Diem
The customer service is what will doom Earthlink, not the R&D to fix network routing problems.
To quote what is on DSL Reports "To dodge potential legal bullets, the company notes SIPShare is NOT a supported EarthLink product. 'It is more than anything else a manifestation of an idea,' says the company. 'So if you call our Tech Support with SIPshare questions, they will have no idea what you are talking about. So please, if you use SIPshare, you're on your own.'"
- Dan
Since it's good for VoIP, it's good to carry persistent streams of data, which is typical for P2P.
Also, it's more likely that SIP would be allowed by default through various corporate firewalls, while typical P2P protocols will be blocked. Think of it as a firewall circumventing feature.
I was actually impressed, the idea is clever.