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Re: It was so easy to see... in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21399203 en Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:05:17 EDT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:05:17 EDT Re: It was so easy to see... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21455107 emptywig :

said by furionbr

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Still, they own uTorrent, the world's most used BitTorrent client. It is something...

What is it, though? Its a free product. Not exactly the kind of thing that is going to make the register ring.

These kids need to realize that businesses are about SELLING THINGS, not giving them away.

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Please keep your f---ing religion to yourself.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21455107 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:47:48 EDT Re: It was so easy to see... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21404520 anon : Agreed, and if you don't want Red Hat, get CentOS. The whole idea that FOSS doesn't make money is hooey and FUD. Same with Ubuntu. How does Canonical pay their employees? I'm sorry, but just how did the creator of BitTorrent lose his perspective on things? I'm sure the record companies are dangling poison carrots.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21404520 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:25:31 EDT Re: It was so easy to see... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21399203 patcat88 :

said by knightmb

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It might, but is there already a lot of open source projects that work just like BT and uT? Seems those would be where everyone would gravitate to.

You must mean the BitTorrent competitors Vuze?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21399203 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:39:27 EDT Re: It was so easy to see... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21398753 knightmb :

said by Anonymous

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I have a feeling the next version of uTorrent will be ad supported :uhh: and it will slowly move to obscurity as other clients take over...

It might, but is there already a lot of open source projects that work just like BT and uT? Seems those would be where everyone would gravitate to.
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said by King P

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Yeah, but at least you can still get Red Hat's source code, and modify it (that's where White Box and CentOS come from). This isn't the case with uTorrent.

said by dnoyeB

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Red Hat didn't do that. Their products are still open source. Last I checked even their enterprise server was. Red Hat makes their money on service contracts and providing servers and whatnot. They don't sell the software product itself.

You guys are making my point and AFAIK Enterprise Server is not open source because it contains proprietary code from third parties. Some in the open source community still bitched about the change in Red Hat's business model but that is very different from how most people view adding DRM and associating BitTorrent with the **AAs.

i know this is a bit off topic, but I'm really curious, what proprietary code? if anything, i'd say RHEL isn't exactly free because you can't update it without paying for updates.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21398142 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:22:41 EDT Re: It was so easy to see... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21396530 Sammer :

said by King P

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Yeah, but at least you can still get Red Hat's source code, and modify it (that's where White Box and CentOS come from). This isn't the case with uTorrent.

said by dnoyeB

You guys are making my point and AFAIK Enterprise Server is not open source because it contains proprietary code from third parties. Some in the open source community still bitched about the change in Red Hat's business model but that is very different from how most people view adding DRM and associating BitTorrent with the **AAs.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21396530 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:24:11 EDT Re: It was so easy to see... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21395887 dnoyeB : Red Hat didn't do that. Their products are still open source. Last I checked even their enterprise server was. Red Hat makes their money on service contracts and providing servers and whatnot. They don't sell the software product itself.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21395887 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:37:37 EDT Re: It was so easy to see... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21395856 King P : Yeah, but at least you can still get Red Hat's source code, and modify it (that's where White Box and CentOS come from). This isn't the case with uTorrent.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21395856 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:30:50 EDT Re: It was so easy to see... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21395728 Anonymous : I have a feeling the next version of uTorrent will be ad supported :uhh: and it will slowly move to obscurity as other clients take over...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21395728 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:58:26 EDT Re: It was so easy to see... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21395727 Sammer :

said by furionbr

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when you have something that was free and open coded, and you transform that in something paid, bad things will happen.

While there will always be bitching when something free and open coded is transformed into something paid (think Red Hat) this was more like transforming into what most people consider evil.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21395727 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:58:08 EDT It was so easy to see... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21395669 furionbr : when you have something that was free and open coded, and you transform that in something paid, bad things will happen.

Still, they own uTorrent, the world's most used BitTorrent client. It is something...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21395669 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:42:43 EDT