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Hmm, well it don't take me too long.. but diff people have diff experiences with bit torrent. And I get what your saying about the size thing.. but initally it might be useful because I bet the servers will be very heavily overloaded.

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Originally posted by andrey

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Originally posted by mattm591
AND STOP SAYIN P2P THATS NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT!

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BitTorrent IS P2P !!
You obviously don't understand shit about it.

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Bit torrent is only P2P in the sense that your connecting to peers. The way a P2P program works and bittorrent are completley different and the user experience is completley dffernet. You cannot call bittorrent P2P because it's so incredibly different

*sigh* it is exactly the same....

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To conclude, sorry if you feel attacked. If you happen to have other ideas, that's up to you, but facts are facts.

We are not here to give people false information, in fact we are here to give people the correct info, despite what they thought was true.

Personaly and for all the above reasons, I do not think putting the new Plus! on a P2P, or bittorrent , is a good idea and in fact will do damage to Plus! (and this is no fable, it does already with the existing older files available). This isn't an issue of convenience, this is an issue of reputation and security.

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We are not here to give people false information, in fact we are here to give people the correct info, despite what they thought was true.

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What are you on about.. from the start everything you've said about bit torrent was false.

I'm not asking you to 'put' it on bit torrent. I'm asking you to make a torrent so that those who want to can feel safe downloading msgplus fast, and not be worried about overloaded servers.

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Originally posted by mattm591
Bit torrent is only P2P in the sense that your connecting to peers. The way a P2P program works and bittorrent are completley different and the user experience is completley dffernet. You cannot call bittorrent P2P because it's so incredibly different

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Your still sharing files with your peers...

This thread is stupid....

Please understand bittorrent before posting Purity

well i think plus! should stay on the main website.. so manystuff going on with torrents.. ppl could including other files ans upload it... it could loose reputation cuz of this.. i think its better to keepp it the way it is

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Originally posted by Purity
This thread is stupid....

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Amen!

Btw, most people don't even care about the servers. They just download things, because they think it'll be there forever. Many people don't know how things work. Most MsgPlus! users are new or uneducated to computers or Internet, anyway.

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Originally posted by mattm591
but initally it might be useful because I bet the servers will be very heavily overloaded.

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That is what a "Mirror" is for though, hey?

Plus CookieRevised is right about the reputation/security factor (if not everything else as well).

Issue Closed IMO.

Edit: Actually I don't think bandwidth was an issue to begin with.

Hmm, yeah well mirror is another alternative.. i dont mnind if you dont want bittorrent.. its just the reasons given are so uneducated

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Originally posted by mattm591
Please understand bittorrent before posting Purity

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Why do u keep saying bittorrent isn't p2p? Even though it differs a great deal from other protocols, it's still p2p... Look at this online definition of the word 'bittorrent' if u still won't believe us. Notice it says 'peer-to-peer' in there somwhere..

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Originally posted by lp15

it could loose reputation cuz of this.. i think its better to keepp it the way it is

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I don't see why.. I've seen several respected sites implement bittorrent as a method of file transfer over the last few years. When saying that BT would harm MsgPlus' reputation, you're automatically assuming that someone WILL attempt to (and succeed in) spreading a virus (which I'm however not saying would be impossible when dealing with such a small file)...