> She's asked me if I know of any open source/free-software
> authors in Australia that use p2p technology to distribute
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> Can anyone think of more specific examples that might be
> relevant? Also (and yes, I hate it too when people say this
LCA2004 videos ... Just one example of over 4 gigabytes of data that is a reasonably
heavy burden through centralised distribution methods. There are currently 80 people
legitimately sharing this data with one another using bittorrent. Over 300Gb to be
transferred, not counting those who have been and gone, and those who have yet to join.
Damn 256/64 ADSL :( ...
sh torrents
1 [>] 020.1% LCA2004-dvd.iso (4276.5 MB) ETA:1d 23h
Speed: 18.1 kB/s / 3.9 kB/s Amount: 863.3 MB ( 5.4 MB discarded )
/ 64.5 MB Connections: 11(15) / 42(65)
- Rog
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