In late 2003, Cohen served a short career at Valve Software<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Software>to work on Steam <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_%28content_delivery%29>, their digital distribution <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_distribution> system introduced for *Half-Life 2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_2>*.
By 2004, he had left Valve and formed BitTorrent, Inc.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent,_Inc.>with his brother Ross Cohen<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross_Cohen&action=edit&redlink=1>and business partner Ashwin Navin <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashwin_Navin>. On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Kyle Sanderson <[email protected]> wrote: > Back in 03 I believe, I don't think he stayed on the team for long. > > Kyle. > > On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Kitteny Berk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Didn't Bram Cohen work for valve for a while? > > > > Mike O'Laughlen wrote: > > > Wouldn't it be cool if Steam supported torrents? > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:13 PM, Mike Vail <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > >> Hey Chris, > > >> > > >> Something to be aware of with regard to hosting maps on the typical > > shared > > >> hosting services most people use for websites. Nearly every shared > > hosting > > >> company has policies that don't allow you to host large quantities of > > files > > >> that are downloaded frequently and strain the shared servers they are > > on. > > >> Companies typically monitor this stuff with software tools they have > and > > >> will outright cancel you or limit your bandwidth if they catch you > doing > > >> it. > > >> This is because your downloads will impact the other users on these > > shared > > >> boxes, some of which will server hundreds of websites to keep their > > costs > > >> down. > > >> > > >> I was unaware of this until I found out he hard way with > > Hostmonster.com. > > >> After they found me sharing hundreds of maps, sounds, player models, > > etc, > > >> they throttled my bandwidth way back and people started taking forever > > to > > >> get their downloads. I spent days searching for a new host and chose > > >> Justhost.com after speaking to their Live-chat to confirm I could host > > >> files > > >> for CSS. They said it would be fine but they too threatened to cancel > me > > >> after seeing the high volume of downloads I had. > > >> > > >> My community hosts a couple servers with lots of custom content and we > > get > > >> a > > >> couple hundred new players per day that have to download constantly > for > > >> Gungame. We have our own dedicated Windows 2008 server box with a ton > of > > >> bandwidth. What I ended up doing was moving all my CSS content files > to > > the > > >> same server box as my games and created my own http download site from > > the > > >> same box my games are on using IIS. I no longer need to depend on a > 3rd > > >> party for my CSS http service, management of my stuff is now easier > and > > >> there are no limits to what I can host. As far as download speeds, > they > > are > > >> faster on my own box than the shared hosting I was using and the > > downloads > > >> have absolutely no affect on the 6 gameservers I'm running on the box. > I > > >> encourage anyone to try it. It works great for us and I've been doing > > this > > >> for over a year without a hitch. > > >> > > >> Take care, > > >> Mike Vail > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: [email protected] > > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Blood > Letter > > >> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 7:27 PM > > >> To: [email protected] > > >> Subject: Re: [hlds] File download speeds > > >> > > >> > > >> Not that I know of, unfortunately. > > >> Just about any http redirect will be better than serving through the > > server > > >> - just grab some free/cheap hosting. > > >> If you own the box, just throw up a free FTP server on it and point it > > to > > >> the same dir as the server itself, and then give it it's own subdomain > > >> (ftp.serverip). > > >> > > >> > > >>> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:47:42 +1100 > > >>> From: [email protected] > > >>> To: [email protected] > > >>> Subject: [hlds] File download speeds > > >>> > > >>> Hey all, > > >>> > > >>> As I'm sure we're all aware, by default SRCDS puts a speed limit on > > >>> downloads when clients are downloading maps, mods, textures, > whatever, > > >>> from the server when they connect. I'm also sure we're all aware that > > >>> we can use a HTTP/FTP redirect to allow fast downloads, but I'm > > >>> curious if there is a way to get faster download speeds without > having > > >>> to set up a mirror - ie, can the artificial speed limit srcds imposes > > >>> be bypassed by, say, a cvar or sourcemod plugin? > > >>> > > >>> Thanks > > >>> -Chris > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > >>> > > >> please visit: > > >> > > >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > >>> > > >> _________________________________________________________________ > > >> Windows 7: I wanted simpler, now it's simpler. 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