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Post number 15201

jjg — Fri, 01 Mar 2002 15:15:13 -0800

Myster is a new cross-platform P2P file-sharing application. The project has some admirable goals and interesting assumptions: "Myster will always try to make practices that adversely affect the greater community negatively affect the user doing them." (via macintouch)

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Fri, 01 Mar 2002 16:35:42 -0800

I like their Design Assumption #3: People Can Be Jerks.

By: lupus_yonderboy

lupus_yonderboy — Fri, 01 Mar 2002 17:07:28 -0800

Great. another P2P client in Java. No thanks.

By: machaus

machaus — Fri, 01 Mar 2002 17:11:51 -0800

Betas usually don't have spelling errors in the menus.

By: Mars Saxman

Mars Saxman — Fri, 01 Mar 2002 18:44:53 -0800

Yes, it's Java, and their idea of making it worth someone's while to host a lot of files is to write a client that displays an ad banner during the transfer. They've recognized some important problems in this arena but I am not too excited about their solution. Someone will eventually do it right. -Mars

By: crayfish

crayfish — Fri, 01 Mar 2002 18:45:27 -0800

At least it's honest; one of the search options in the pull-down menu is 'porn'.

By: Bernreuther

Bernreuther — Sat, 02 Mar 2002 00:04:16 -0800

Sounds a lot like OnShare, only less good. Anyone remember OnShare? Anyone? Didn't think so. I swear, we could resurrect that company and do twice as well as we did back in 99-00. The problem with this space is that it's no good for making money... Actually, if any of you did know of OnShare back when it was alive, I'd be interested in hearing what you thought about it...

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Sat, 02 Mar 2002 03:50:54 -0800

The problem with this space is that it's no good for making money Mr Gates would seem to think otherwise, having invested $51 million in Ray Ozzie's 'Groove' peer to peer tech. But then, perhaps Microsoft's intentions are more...malign.

By: Grangousier

Grangousier — Sat, 02 Mar 2002 04:34:49 -0800

Frustrating Java-Nonsense Crash Syndrome, though not as System-endangering as LimeWire. I hope. Still, trying it out has alerted me to the fact that I have been as egregiously wrong about Godspeed You Black Emperor! as I was about Dead Can Dance in the 80s. A portion of my hard-earned will soon be heading GYBE!-wards. So some good has come out of it, eh?