BitTorrent Buys uTorrent Application

[NFS4]

DOH!!

http://www.betanews.com/article/BitTorrent_Buys_uTorrent_Application/1165527508

 

[Ika]

Now what does this mean, BitTorrent gets a great client or BitTorrent destroys the great client?

 

[ElFenix]

interesting...

get 1.6 while it's still there

and the remote

 

[kjah]

using it right now as i am typin

 

[paulney]

How many people were developing mTorrent? Sweet cashout. Ca-ching!

 

[beemercer]

I use Azureus, should i switch?

 

[nakedfrog]

Oh, bother.

 

[akubi]

Originally posted by: paulney
How many people were developing mTorrent? Sweet cashout. Ca-ching!

1 dude

 

[xcript]

"Although uTorrent is lightweight, it is missing the patented innovations BitTorrent has made at the protocol level. It is also lacking an implementation for Mac and Linux. We will improve uTorrent in these arenas," the FAQ reads.

Linux version of uTorrent = :thumbsup:

 

[George P Burdell]

/sticks to open sourced Azureus

 

[crystal]

Who wants to bet the "investors" are from the EVIL music and movie studios empires.

 

[jjones]

... and now begins the demise of uTorrent.

 

[Baked]

God damn you BitTorrent, burn in hell!

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

FTL :thumbsdown:

 

[Excelsior]

MOTHERFVCK A BITCH. This sucks.

 

[uhohs]

guess i'll be stuck with using the current version for a long while. heh.

 

[Mucho]

I dont think I will ever update.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: uhohs
guess i'll be stuck with using the current version for a long while. heh.

 

[JasonE4]

Wow, I wonder how much money the uTorrent creator got.

 

[aceO07]

Hmm.. Not sure what to think of that. I guess I'll have to make several backups of uTorrent.

YES, it IS possible to use uTorrent on linux. Just install wine and run the utorrent program. Quick and simple. All the other linux bittorrent programs I've tried were bloated and slow transfers.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

No love for this at the utorrent forums either.

 

[fs5]

azureus all the way anyway

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: fs5
azureus all the way anyway

uTorrent > poop > Azureus

 

[Raduque]

Originally posted by: crystal
Who wants to bet the "investors" are from the EVIL music and movie studios empires.

Well, duh. BitTorrent is hoping to become the transfer layer behind the next-gen for-pay/DRMed content distribution system.

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: aceO07
YES, it IS possible to use uTorrent on linux. Just install wine and run the utorrent program. Quick and simple. All the other linux bittorrent programs I've tried were bloated and slow transfers.

Running it under wine is "meh". A native linux version would be great.

rtorrent is neither bloated nor slow so I'll be sticking with it for now.