Comments on: Microsoft Frames VistaTorrent Cease and Desist Letter

By: SixDays

SixDays — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:14:28 +0000

Could have been cool, but it’s not. It only perfects the image of Microsoft as a utterly stupid and dumbfunded organisation that is doomed.

Yes, Microsoft along with Ballmer and Butthead are dinosaurs, and believe me when I point at the sky and tell you: The asteroid is coming….

By: How BitTorrent Could Help Microsoft at Torrentfreak

How BitTorrent Could Help Microsoft at Torrentfreak — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:32:54 +0000

[...] When Microsoft released the second Beta of Windows Vista, it had a major bandwidth problem on its hands. The demand for it was so high that they had to resort to limiting bandwidth to “prevent the internet from collapsing.” This resulted in slower downloads for everyone. The genial Chris Pirillo then created Vistatorrent.com to give Microsoft a hand by easing the load on their servers. Microsoft didn’t seem to mind initially, but later sent Vistatorrent a cease and desist letter, a framed version of which was later presented to Prillio and the gang at Gnomedex. [...]

By: Yatti420

Yatti420 — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:56:22 +0000

Ive seen Vista torrents around?

By: whiskey

whiskey — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 05:52:04 +0000

Yes yes… security reasons… the more people get the beta, the more they will try to break it???
lol it’s maybe more about not making a precedent so that maybe some other party may say hey but you let those guys do that …

By: Subbu

Subbu — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 06:35:03 +0000

I Downloaded the Beta2 From that Torrent..

Going by the Record that MS Hates Anything that is OpenSource.. This _was_ to be Expected.

“Microsoft refused to release a torrent for “security” reasons”
Bollocks..