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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. Let go, Bill, let go by otisg · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Microsoft's #1 flaw is that they want to be better than everyone in everything under the Sun. They need to learn to let go (Luke) and let the world be.

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    Simpy
  2. Re:Question is.. by Satan+Dumpling · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Nah, it will probably just tattle to Microsoft if you search for WinXPCorpSP2. Either that or bill your account...