Lindows Using File Sharing To Distribute Operating System
from the legitimate-uses... dept
Over at Lindows, someone has finally realized one of the many ways that file sharing networks are useful as a distribution mechanism. They're now their LindowsLive operating system for free on various file sharing networks, pointing out that it will save them a bundle in bandwidth costs. CEO Michael Robertson admits: "What we're doing is figuring out how we can take advantage of P2P to advance our own business." Amazing. Most execs in the entertainment industry insist there are no ways to take advantage of P2P to advance their business - and here's a CEO who says they're doing just that. Hopefully, this will be used as yet another example of a "non-infringing use" in all the various lawsuits against these file sharing networks. Also, maybe someone should let a few of the angrier (Hollywood-backed) politicians in on the fact that P2P is being used to save companies money.
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Yeah, and how do you know you're not getting a trojaned version?
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Netherlands?
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Great News!
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Lindows simply has to publish MD5SUms of the valid ISOs on their sites.
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More info about it at Lindowslive on P2P
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