Dvorak Sees MS Conspiracy Against BitTorrent

kilgortrout writes "Dvorak has an interesting editorial up, where he links the recent stories of alleged 'security problems' and 'spyware problems' bittorent has been having with the recent MS announcement of research into a file sharing app called 'Avalanche'. concluding it's all part of an orchestrated MS disinformation campaign against BitTorrent." From the article: "The problem is that no big company controls it, and Microsoft, asleep at the wheel, let it slip too long to do much about it. So now I suspect Microsoft is playing dirty to discredit the thing. There is no other explanation for the recent series of coincidental stories and events." Especially interesting in light of Bram Cohen's take on the situation.

Hell has indeed frozen over!

[PenguinBoyDave]

Dvorak finding something negative with Microsoft? It is truly the end of times.

What?

[It doesn't come easy]

A conspiracy involving Microsoft? No way!

Re:Sheer Brilliance

[spyder913]

In the meantime -- anybody have a good adblock setting for his stories?

/. Sees Dvorak Conspiracy Against Common Sense

[sczimme]

From The Fine Article:


by early 2005 it was perhaps the dominant protocol on the Net, second only to TCP/IP itself

Wow - TCP/IP, then P2P, and then all those small niche protocols like http, smtp, ftp...

Re:Sheer Brilliance

[njcoder]

"So now I suspect Microsoft is playing dirty to discredit the thing."

WTF is he talking about? Hasn't he been reading the MS press releases and blogs about how MS is settling all it's lawsuits and making friends with everyone. MS is not an evil empire anymore. They told us so.

Yes this is supposed to be funny.

The News I'd Really Like To See:

[TooMuchEspressoGuy]

"Dvorak Shuts Up."

Re:Legal use for torrent?

[m50d]

Shut UP! DO NOT tell slashdot about ftp.sunet.se!!!

Say it's not so!

[Dark Paladin]

Microsoft would never announce a product that wasn't in existence, promote it through marketing to the point that a competitor's product dropped in sales as people waited for Microsoft's uber-cool dingy-bopper thingy - then when it's released with half of the functionality promise that the next version will really be better than its competitors while supporting themselves with their monopoly!

I mean, they've never done that before, right?

Similarly...

[KamaDragon]

I got my license in 2001, and then gas prices skyrocketed. US oil companies were waiting for me to start driving to raise gas prices. There is no other explanation.

Re:Somebody must care what he says!

[TripMaster Monkey]

Probably the same people that care whether or not 'Gilligan' is going to be voted off the 'island'.

Re:I agree

[Skye16]

Aside from the dvorak keyboard that I've recently begun using, I'd have to agree. Though my wrists are much happier now that I'm not using qwerty.

But I digress.

Re:Sheer Brilliance

[OglinTatas]

"I've read /. goatse trolls with more insight than Dvorak's piece."

Given the nature of goatse, it is next to impossible to have more insight than that, and no one wants that much insight.

Re:Sheer Brilliance

[LiquidCoooled]

DANGER: Do not look into the goatse with your remaining eye.

Please help me

[The Bungi]

Do we hate Dvorak on Tuesdays, or was that only Thursdays?

Re:Say it's not so!

[jandrese]

It's scary how well it's working too. I don't think Bram has sold a single copy of BitTorrent since Avalanche was announced.

Re:Sheer Brilliance

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

You obviously are not biased against Dvorak.

I am biased against Dvorak.

Signed: Qwerty

Re:Please help me

[iggymanz]

we hate his guts Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and mock and despise him Tuesday and Thursday. On weekends we try not to think about him at all unless we happen to step in manure.

Re:If only he didn't have the name Dvorak

[mpontes]

Don't worry, when I start writing dumb articles for a magazine, I'll use the name "Qwerty", so other people can't make fun of you for using a Dvorak keyboard.

And while I'm at that, I'll make the magazine hire another dumbass who will call himself "Azerty", just so the french can't laugh at us.

Actually, HTTP and SMTP are the problem

[corporatemutantninja]

I decided to check up on the Micrsoft's guy's research and discovered that BitTorrent isn't nearly as culpable as HTTP and SMTP. Yes, that's right, a vast majority of todays viruses, trojans, phishing, pharming, adware, spyware, malware, and herpes are all acquired through HTTP and SMTP. Thus, those protocols must actually be to blame and we should stop using them immediately.

bittorent?

[HTH NE1]

Who would want to rent bits?

Re:I agree

[mattspammail]

Ditto, but new challenges are fun sometimes. I'm up to 10 wpm!