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Bittorrent To Replace Standard Downloads?

Posted by samzenpus on from the sharing-the-load dept.

Max Sayre writes "Have you ever tried to download an operating system update only to have it fail and have to start all over? What about patches for your favorite games? World of Warcraft already uses Bittorrent technology as a way to distribute large amounts of content at a lower cost to the company and faster speeds to all of their clients. So why haven't they replaced the standard downloading options built into any major OS? Companies like Opera are including the downloading of torrents in their products already and extensions have been written for Firefox to download torrents in-browser. Every day Bittorrent traffic is growing. Sites like OpenBittorrent already exist and DHT doesn't even require a tracker. So why isn't everyone doing it? Is it finally time to see all downloads replaced with Bittorrent?"

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  1. I could swear.... by davidwr · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I call shenanigans:

    I know I've seen first posts by "Anonymous Coward" before.

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    1. Re:I could swear.... by webmistressrachel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Heh heh, this is worth outing myself for...

      I, webmistressrachel, real girl and real troll, posted my first first post as AC, and you called shenaganigans - and you were WRONG! YHBT!!! Tut tut Rachel... after that horrible BJ troll I posted recently, too...

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  2. Re:You explained it. by Ruede · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    what a fucking retarded article.

    i am downloading tons of files for my operating system via http/ftp and they are not failing..... why? because there arent any money hungry reatards providing those updates....

    go linux or other free open source and you dont have the issue the OP has...

    the most terrible thing is updating a windows operating system. why? it took me once over 5 hours to fucking upgrade vista to latest stable... i can compile a bunch of my OS in that time. gentoo needs about 24-36 hours to compile anything including a full blown KDE SC and open office....

    i am not a fan of companies that let the user distribute the patches like blizzard does... i dont play WoW but lets see if i would: I AM FUCKING PAYING A MONTHLY FEE - ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?