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Microsoft Wants P2P Avalanche to Crush BitTorrent

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bet-it-won't-be-open-source dept.

pacopico writes "Microsoft seems to think it can be the better Bittorrent. You know faster and more well-behaved. The Register has a story on the P2P work being done by Microsoft's researchers in the UK. Redmond reckons its "Avalanche" technology will be 20 to 30 percent faster than BitTorrent. It's meant for legal downloads only, of course."

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  1. point? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's meant for legal downloads only, of course.

    Then what's the point?

  2. Now with 20-30% more DRM! by Phoenixhunter · · Score: 3, Funny

    Palladium anyone?

  3. Microsoft returning to its roots? by the_skywise · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's illegal "wink wink nudge nudge" to copy Windows 3.1/98 but it helps spread windows users so that's a good thing.

    It's illegal "wink wink nudge nudge" to use our faster service, but it helps support Microsoft so that's a good thing.

    (It's not a bad idea, if it gets popular enough they can just roll it into Office and charge huge $$$ for it like their MSN Messenger 8...er... Microsoft Virtual Meeting...)

  4. Legal Downloads only. by soupdevil · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sounds familiar. My car is meant for legal speeds only. Which is why the "55" is highlighted in a special color. On my 140mph speedometer.

  5. Linux distros by Ochu · · Score: 4, Funny

    So you will find your way to debian_iso.avalanche, download it, and find that it has transformed into a handy little PDF explaining why linux bites...

    1. Re:Linux distros by mbbac · · Score: 5, Funny

      You trolls really get under my skin. You know this is Microsoft we're talking about, yet you still deliberately misinform people about obvious facts.

      Microsoft Avalanche will use a file name like debian_iso.ava.

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  6. Interesting... by TedTschopp · · Score: 3, Funny

    Spyware is found in Bit Torrent.

    Microsoft Releases competitor to Bit Torrent.

    Wow, I'm so glad they were so responsive to that problem. It only took them a couple of hours! That's amazing!

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  7. Bram Cohen! by sinserve · · Score: 3, Funny

    You made it man, you fucking lucky sunnofabitch. Microsoft wants to compete with your work, that's a badge of honor man, you're made now.

  8. I want Windows by robertjw · · Score: 5, Funny

    Plus, how cool is it going to be to download Windows Server 2006 (or whatever it is) off a P2P network they created.

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  9. Re:Better? No. by QuantumRiff · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, .mp3 is dying, not dead, its right there with apple, BSD, and our civil rights.. (only 1 seems to be true..)

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