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Opera Embedding BitTorrent Client

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the p2p-uber-alles dept.

Opera Watch writes "The next version of Opera, 8.02, will have an embedded BitTorrent client. Opera has released today a Technical Preview of this new version on its FTP directory, though they have made no official announcement as of yet."

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  1. And Mozilla is on it's way... by MTO_B. · · Score: 5, Informative

    Thanks to google's summer code we can hope to have a functional BitTorrent client built with XUL/XPCOM.

    Included in Firefox? :-)

    Check the Mozilla development projects that have been accepted for Google's Summer of Code program:
    http://summer.mozdev.org/projects.html


    And the MozillaZine news about it here:
    http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=6 874

  2. Re:Prediction... by masterren · · Score: 5, Informative
    MozTorrent seems to be in the works already.

    http://moztorrent.mozdev.org/

  3. Re:Apache by csnydermvpsoft · · Score: 5, Informative

    A lot of the time the Slashdot effect isn't due to bandwidth being exceeded, but rather due to the database server being overloaded on database-driven sites. These sites couldn't be served this way anyways, as they have dynamic content that could be different for different users.

  4. Re:Legal problems? by ari_j · · Score: 5, Informative

    The precedent recently set is that you cannot distribute a tool with the intent that it be used to infringe copyrights. Grokster distributed software and said "Go illegally download songs to which you have no license!" Opera is saying "Go and download really big files!" Including Bittorrent is no different than including HTTP in their web browser, since either can be used for both lawful and unlawful purposes. What would make Opera a target is if their new release were advertised (at all! ... hahaha, I kill me) with the tagline "Opera 8.5 with Bittorrent: the world of pre-release movies is at your fingertips."

  5. Where is the "bloat"? by hkmwbz · · Score: 5, Informative
    "For a community that's so against IE's "bloat" it's amazing how many people welcome with open arms more *unnecessary* bloat."
    Bloat? Opera with BitTorrent is a smaller download than Firefox, and BT downloads in Opera work exactly like HTTP or FTP downloads (there is no UI clutter).

    Where is the bloat?

    "Either you're with bloat in the browser world or you aren't. Which is it?"
    I'm for making it easier and more convenient to do stuff online. I hope Firefox gets a built in BT client too.
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