Locutus Preview Released 260
An anonymous reader writes "FreeNet's Ian Clarke has released the preview version of his latest P2P endeavor Locutus. Aimed at the corporate world, Locutus adds encryption to the mix - new for a P2P client - to secure files traded across the network as well as the ability to scan within text files to improve search results. Locutus Lite is the free version for those who are more concerned with trading movies and tunes. Locutus Enterprise is the pay version that Clarke hopes to lure corporations to shell out money for (for secure trading of research and other documents). Those interested in trying the preview can download it here."
simpler solution for trading research (Score:4, Insightful)
who would pay for this? (Score:5, Insightful)
so in essence.... (Score:2, Insightful)
The bad part could be you have to be "microsoft dot netted".
hmmmmm
Re:Microsoft.. (Score:5, Insightful)
Just like the ~20 megabytes you need if you download a Java application. Its called a runtime environment. It consists of the virtual machine that runs .NET code, plus all the APIs/libraries that go along with such. It is a one time download and then you can run any .NET application. Future versions of Windows will have the .NET framework pre-installed.
All in all you're making a whole lot of noise for nothing. This is absolutely no different than the "bloat" one has to endure to download Perl if one wants to run Perl scripts, Python for Python scripts, or the Java Runtime Environment for Java programs. As with all of those situations it either a one time download, or no worries at all if it is preinstalled in the OS (which will be the case for .NET moving forward). The only difference is this is Microsoft, so you're quick to bash them because you're an ignorant asshole.
Re:Microsoft.. (Score:2, Insightful)
Is this a joke? (Score:3, Insightful)
These people don't seem to learn.
Re:Another 20MB. (Score:5, Insightful)
Don't assume that mere dogma underlies every opinion opposed to yours.
Re:who would pay for this? (Score:1, Insightful)
Who knows. Maybe there are a lot of idiots in management.
Wrong (Score:4, Insightful)
This is the market Locutus is going after.
Bah, it doesnt run on linux. (Score:3, Insightful)
I detest using anything that isnt cross platform friendly. When the next OS comes i dont want to stand there with my corporate pants down.
Why is it so hard making applications truly cross plattform? Technology?
You already know the answer, the removal of the applications barrier is the biggest threat to Microsoft today.
Re:23Meg memory footprint (Score:3, Insightful)
Why would businesses take this up? (Score:1, Insightful)
Alternately, is there some compelling LEGAL reason why they'd offer a "business version" when their product doesn't look that different from - how to put this? - "legally questionable" products such as Kazaa? Given the recent Sharman ruling, is offering a "business version" of Locutus expected to cover their arses from a legal perspective? If so, how?
Re:FAQ (Score:3, Insightful)
My take on Locutus:
Maybe some of their algorithmic innovations are valuable, but as for the whole model, I really don't see a necessity for it. Encrypted P2P might be nice, I suppose. But it seems like secure web servers have been providing the same functionality for years.
Chemfinder [chemfinder.com] has a nice model they've been using for sharing of research. Most of the information there, from my understanding, is submitted and reviewed for entry into the database. Complete with subscription options.
On another note...
A couple things I like about Slashdot: a) Users generally engage in intelligent discussion without calling the content of the entire site "so fucking retarded."
b) The editing is actually quite good. Much better than kuro5hin.org, from what I can tell at least. You can actually find interesting, well written articles, as well as read responses from a wide variety of professional, political, and social cross-sections.
c) Slashdot is a user moderated news site. As it is well recognized that nobody really wants to hear about Pepsi's new flavor when reading about Oracle security problems, comments focusing on Pepsi's new flavor under articles concerning Oracle security problems are modded down. Likewise, articles for the sole purpose of bitching and moaning about unrelated topics are also modded down when they are included under articles concerning Oracle security problems. Following that logic, the parent and this reply should be modded down. So somebody fucking do it.
Re:Why trade (Score:3, Insightful)
Daniel
copyright violation + encryption == 10 years ? (Score:4, Insightful)
Under the new "PATRIOT II" legislation, using encryption while comitting a crime will result in a prison sentence of 5 to 10 years. They don't mention if it has to be a 'serious' crime, so I guess copyright violation qualifies.
This could get interesting.