Posted by Don M. on 10/14/05 17:51

"Amun" <spamblocker@bell.net> wrote in message
news:m_Q3f.6406$S43.990483@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Slightly off topic but last night I was talking with an APPLEHEAD who
> needless to say does not use windoze.
> But they still want to have access to open nap.
>
> They don't want to use a windoze emulator so winmx is out.
>
> Are there any good applications that allow this (open nap file sharing) but
> still run on "mac/apple" operating systems ?
>
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Drumbeat and iSwipe used to be the OpenNap leeching tools for the Mac. iSwipe was known
to use a single fake Britney Spears song as decoy since many operators blocked
non-sharers. Later iSwipe allowed a generous 100 files to be shared in its download
folder. Both apps leeched off multiple networks. I believe most Mac leeches are now
"above using p2p" and "against file-sharing piracy" and have gone to iTunes, where they've
established that 99 cents is the "sweet spot" for pricing digital singles and "DRM is a
good thing".

For the "rogue" Mac users who want to use OpenNap (and other p2p):
Drumbeat: http://drumbeat.info/index.shtml
iSwipe: http://www.hillmanminx.net/iswipe/index.html

I haven't seen either client on OpenNap for a long time. Probably reporting themselves as
some other client.


Don

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