1. "Other companies in the peer-to-peer file-swapping market include i2Hub, BitTorrent, WinMX and Free Peers, maker of file-swapping software BearShare."
2. "BearShare, WinMX and LimeWire were identified in a Wall Street Journal story as recipients of the letters."
How does this equate to threatening BitTorrent, exactly? They're threatening companies with similar models to that of Grokster. Get a grip.
DISCLAIMER: The company I work for does software safety work.
Many comments (as well as the poster) seem to imply that safety and security are the same thing. This is simply untrue, and this is one attitude that causes unsafe software systems to be put into production. A perfectly secure (or reliable) software system can still kill everyone involved. Repeat after me: security and reliability ARE NOT safety.
If you want to know about safety, ask an expert in safety. Don't ask security or reliability experts about the safety of your system. Ask the wrong expert, and you'll get bad advice. Certianly, whatever you need to determine, take the matter up with an appropriate expert.
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The article points out:
1. "Other companies in the peer-to-peer file-swapping market include i2Hub, BitTorrent, WinMX and Free Peers, maker of file-swapping software BearShare."
2. "BearShare, WinMX and LimeWire were identified in a Wall Street Journal story as recipients of the letters."
How does this equate to threatening BitTorrent, exactly? They're threatening companies with similar models to that of Grokster. Get a grip.
... but I thought the whole point of Java is that it doesn't expose itself to the programmer.
DISCLAIMER: The company I work for does software safety work.
Many comments (as well as the poster) seem to imply that safety and security are the same thing. This is simply untrue, and this is one attitude that causes unsafe software systems to be put into production. A perfectly secure (or reliable) software system can still kill everyone involved. Repeat after me: security and reliability ARE NOT safety.
If you want to know about safety, ask an expert in safety. Don't ask security or reliability experts about the safety of your system. Ask the wrong expert, and you'll get bad advice. Certianly, whatever you need to determine, take the matter up with an appropriate expert.