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[FYI] Microsoft preps Napster clone
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- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 18:58:03 +0100
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Microsoft preps Napster clone
By: Tony Smith
Posted: 10/01/2001 at 12:51 GMT
Microsoft plans to 'embrace and extend' peer-to-peer file sharing
technology with a Napster-style system of its own.
Codenamed Farsite, the program is currently little more than a
research project, according to a ZDNet US story. The newswire seems
content with M$' line that the code will probably make it into the
commercial arena, but we're not convinced.
Essentially, Farsite follows the true peer-to-peer mode of Gnutella
rather than Napster's approach. Farsite lets PC talk unto PC, without
the need for a central server to act as an intermediate directory, as
is the case with Napster.
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