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Azureus Inc. Moves Toward Commercialization

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the buy-this dept.

SamBob writes "Future releases of the most popular BitTorrent client, Azureus, will come bundled with a 'platform' for media companies to promote their product to Azureus' multi-million users, reports Slyck.com. Azureus Inc., who are the newly formed company behind the Azureus software, plan to generate a profit from the platform in the future, but in the short-term are hoping to help independent film companies find their audience."

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  1. Re:well by paulius_g · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And for Linux, use TorrentFlux which is a PHP torrent client which is controlable from the web.

    It's really sweet and it's way nicer than VNCing to a Linux desktop filled with BitTorrent clients opened.

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  2. BT clients with RSS? by Johnso · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Are there any good clients besides Azureus that provide RSS functionality? It's nice to be able to automatically syndicate downloads. In fact, the RSSImport plug-in for Azureus is the only reason I still use that bloatware.

    Do any other BT clients offer RSS functionality?

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  3. Re:I can only hope by todd10k · · Score: 3, Interesting
    "They don't belong in the most used BitTorrent clients list."

    Lies. Azureus is great for what i use it for. Upnp support, encryption, graphical swarm trees, the ability to download only from specific seeders/peers, the ability to throttel my speeds at will...The list goes on. Alot of people say azureus is bloated, but those people have not availed of azureus` full range of features. It more than deserves it's place at the top of the list. However, i am nervous as to this "advertising" that's going to be implimented. if it's implimented in a non-invasive, "banner ad" type way, i will continue to use Azureus as my client of choice. However, if they impliment "tracking cookies, website loggers" etc, and take my information, then by god ill make the switch to uTorrent faster than you can say "John mcgillacuddy"