Posted by Amun on 10/14/05 17:08

"FatKat" <robynari@juno.com> wrote in message
news:1129298900.702985.279530@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> Angrie.Woman wrote:
> > Perseus wrote:
> > > On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 23:29:29 -0400, "Mercury" <nobody@nospam.null>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>I'll admit it: I'm lazy. Besides the fact that I find chat logs
difficult to
> > >>read, it's just too damn long.
> > >>Someone summarize please. How exactly is Vlad planning to "take over"
Winmx?
> > >
> > >
> > > Mercury,
> > >
> > > In short, by adding a "search & destroy" functionality to the "PIE
> > > Patch" installer that will remove the ".dll" fix, take down KM's peer
> > > caches, and last but not least release a clone of the WinMX client
> > > called "MXpie".
> > >
> >
> > If they divide the community, they might as well kill it off. People
> > don't want to be a part of all this squabbling.
> >
> I wouldn't go that far. Many newbies, having found WinMX intimidating
> enough when it was a single effort, will likely conclude it too
> complicated now. The remaining users will probably gravitate to one
> side or another at first, following whatever view prevails on the NG at
> that time they decide to join up. If one option does become the
> apparent superior of the two, then it will eventually dominate over
> the other.
>

Correct.

Likely the "neubies" will drift towards the instant install "pie" fix.

And the ones who are a bit more "computer savvy" will just modify our hosts
files from online lists.


But the lazy ones are less likely to know how to run ripping programs too,
so will be more likely sharing a pool of the same files.
I think I'll stick with the group that knows how to run "notepad" and can
rip files.


No biggie, as P2P has been morphing and surviving long since "napster" or
even "FTP" sites.
Even winmx itself has had the "peer/mainstream user, and the open nap group,
so always was a twin platform.

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