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Re:Bad Times For BitTorrent: $17 M Financing Undone, Valuati... by jbyers on Sunday December 14, 2008 @05:27PM (#397714)
This article reminded me of something I read on GigaOm back in 2005:

"In the ephemeral world of digital content, Bit Torrent is as close to a sure thing, you can get."

http://gigaom.com/2005/08/11/bittorrent-seeded-now-waits-for...

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Re:Bad Times For BitTorrent: $17 M Financing Undone, Valuati... by stcredzero on Sunday December 14, 2008 @07:12PM (#397792)
Those guys and Gartner often just reinforce the popular illusions of the day. The trick is that they get paid for doing that.
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