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BitTorrent Inc. acquires uTorrent

article published on 7 December, 2006

Bram Cohen of BitTorrent Inc. has announced that the company has acquired the increasingly popular ”Torrent client. The announcement was made on ”Torrent's official site by Bram and Ludvig (Ludde) Strigeus, the writer of ”Torrent. Together, we are pleased to announce that BitTorrent, Inc. and ”Torrent AB have decided to join forces. BitTorrent has acquired ”Torrent as it recognized the ... [ read the full article ]

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11. December 2006 @ 08:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
im just a non skilled prgm lover who thinks the more you have the better off you are... i use limewire...but it seems like its not to affective for new prgms or seeking cool prgms ....i usethe zip and iso and rar prgms to download stuff took me a while to figure out how to get the prgms in the diffrnt formats and pull the prgms to an exicutable function to load....would like to PAL up with someone who is a good techr with patience.....
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tkw1368
patience I have,but not when I post o-o
sometimes the post button screams PRESS ME NOW >>

plus my grammar suxs...LOL
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19. January 2009 @ 01:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Pop_Smith:
What the heck? So much for uTorrent, oh well at least you can keep the awesome older versions for quite a while.

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If you can't beat your competition, buy them and bury them. Simple. Legal. Unethical. Right up Hollywood's a..
Actually, its in a legal gray area to buy out your competition. But I guess that might depend on who you are talking to.

only raises red flags if a monopoly is the result, like if Linux were to buy out Microsoft and apple LOL

seriously, if either bought out Linux there might not be any real legal repercussions but if Apple bought out Microsoft or vice-versa then trouble is very likely despite the availability of Linux
 
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