BitTorrent buys uTorrent

TechZ · December 9th, 2006, 4:40 PM

BitTorrent, the company behind the file sharing protocol of the same name, has used some of the $25 million it recently received from investors to purchase the popular uTorrent application. uTorrent is one of the top BitTorrent download programs for Windows.

Although BitTorrent has long offered its own application for the protocol, others such as Azureus and uTorrent have been the primary innovators in the space, building up large user communities in the process. uTorrent will ostensibly be merged with the official BitTorrent client.

LINK

-They sold out.

Viper007Bond · December 9th, 2006, 4:55 PM

Buba · December 9th, 2006, 4:56 PM

Read that yesterday and was shocked... Well, we'll have to wait and see whats up with that... In doubt you can always stay with 1.6 images/smilies/wink.gif

As long as ratio sites don't ban it images/smilies/sad.gif

Kip_6666 · December 9th, 2006, 5:02 PM

Meh, at least the guy who created it probably made a nice buck. The way it's allowed to go once in a while.

I am wondering how this'll end, and what will happen to the application, only time will tell.

C53A_4G63T · December 9th, 2006, 6:44 PM

BitTorrent has nothing to offer uTorrent. It's all downhill from here.

Hidden_Hunter · December 9th, 2006, 9:50 PM

I know most if not all of us would do the same in a similar situation but it doesn't stop us from feeling like we've had part of us robbed...

remember to untick the autoupdate button people

NAIDANAC A · December 9th, 2006, 10:26 PM

Is there another good torrent downloader?

Buba · December 9th, 2006, 10:54 PM

Well, if you go to utorrent.com, you will find that it is still available... And just because it has been bought and will most probably be in a restyled way the next official client, there is nothing bad about using he current version...

fbc · December 9th, 2006, 11:10 PM

Hope this doesn't mean the end of the WebUI development.

Quiky · December 10th, 2006, 12:32 AM

I think I might switch back to Azureus.. at least the web ui on it works.

Devon · December 10th, 2006, 12:44 AM

The Blue Frog rules!! images/smilies/thumbup.gif

Hopefully BitTorrent leave it alone.

Viper007Bond · December 10th, 2006, 3:06 AM

Azureus is decent, but it's just too bloated due to Java.

jeffy777 · December 10th, 2006, 4:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Azureus is decent, but it's just too bloated due to Java.

Yeah, I really prefer uTorrnet over Azureus.

So what are they planning to do, load it with ads or something?

fbc · December 10th, 2006, 4:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Azureus is decent, but it's just too bloated due to Java.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffy777

Yeah, I really prefer uTorrnet over Azureus.

Agreed - that's why I'm hoping the uTorrent WebUI work continues, that's the one feature I miss from Azureus.

Hidden_Hunter · December 10th, 2006, 4:28 AM

The creater of bit-torrent that bought utorrent has recently been conducting buisness with the MPAA, potentially a privacy issue....

Viper007Bond · December 10th, 2006, 5:01 AM

Well as said, we can always stick with the beta which has WebGUI and everything. images/smilies/smile.gif

fbc · December 10th, 2006, 5:03 AM

^ Is it stable? I've only avoided it until now due to it being in beta.

Viper007Bond · December 10th, 2006, 5:04 AM

Of course it's stable. images/smilies/tongue.gif

It's just basically 1.6 with some stuff to allow the WebGUI to work. I have it running under Wine on my seeding box and it's been running fine for months. images/smilies/smile.gif

I use 1.6 at home though as I don't need WebGUI and didn't want to have to stay on top of any beta updates.

cvrefugee · December 10th, 2006, 6:00 AM

Damn, and I just barely switched over to uTorrent from Azureus. The new Azureus looks even worse - I guess I'll keep v1.6 forever.

epp_b · December 10th, 2006, 6:21 AM

Yeah, Azureus sucks. It's slow and bloated, and it's UI isn't great. Too bad this will inevitably happen to uTorrent with BitTorrent having sold their souls to the **AA.

December 9th, 2006, 4:40 PM	#1
TechZ Captain Internet Joined: Dec 19th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Bahrain Age: 25 Posts: 2,921 Car: Audi TT '08 Rep Power: 200	BitTorrent buys uTorrent BitTorrent, the company behind the file sharing protocol of the same name, has used some of the $25 million it recently received from investors to purchase the popular uTorrent application. uTorrent is one of the top BitTorrent download programs for Windows. Although BitTorrent has long offered its own application for the protocol, others such as Azureus and uTorrent have been the primary innovators in the space, building up large user communities in the process. uTorrent will ostensibly be merged with the official BitTorrent client. LINK -They sold out. __________________ techzonline.net

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Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 1:13 PM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 25 Posts: 22,277 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 296	Azureus is decent, but it's just too bloated due to Java. __________________ There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

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Hidden_Hunter D: Joined: Oct 7th, 2006 Last Online: 10:35 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 5,782 Car: '08 Honda Accord Euro Rep Power: 76	The creater of bit-torrent that bought utorrent has recently been conducting buisness with the MPAA, potentially a privacy issue.... __________________ My car is dark grey not black!

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Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 1:13 PM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 25 Posts: 22,277 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 296	Well as said, we can always stick with the beta which has WebGUI and everything. __________________ There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

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Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 1:13 PM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 25 Posts: 22,277 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 296	Of course it's stable. It's just basically 1.6 with some stuff to allow the WebGUI to work. I have it running under Wine on my seeding box and it's been running fine for months. I use 1.6 at home though as I don't need WebGUI and didn't want to have to stay on top of any beta updates. __________________ There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

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cvrefugee Joined: Aug 16th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Corona, CA Age: 29 Posts: 3,761 Car: 2005 Scion xB Rep Power: 86	Damn, and I just barely switched over to uTorrent from Azureus. The new Azureus looks even worse - I guess I'll keep v1.6 forever.

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epp_b Unexperienced lover. Joined: Jun 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 6:43 AM Location: Canadaland :) Posts: 7,426 Car: 1995 Nissan 240SX Rep Power: 144	Yeah, Azureus sucks. It's slow and bloated, and it's UI isn't great. Too bad this will inevitably happen to uTorrent with BitTorrent having sold their souls to the **AA.

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