Posted by Hammerer on 04/04/06 23:53

"anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
news:49gc9iFodm85U1@individual.net
>
> However, I just reinstalled Winmx, and have been seeding a set
> of files which I actually got from Winmx a couple of years ago -
> I am glad to say they are being snapped-up.
>
Yes, anthonyberet. Probably by the same people you so brutally abandoned
when you waltzed off with eMule and Bittorrent a couple of years ago. I bet
they've been waiting to "queue up" again all this time, poor bastards. Was
it porn?
>
> What does the future hold for Winmx now? - The network seems just as
> healthy as it ever did, with 1000s (plural) of chatrooms,
>
At least 2,000, then?
>
> and there seems to be less leeches. I also have a really fast new
connection
> and so have been pumping stuff out at impressive rates, (ooerr Hammerer).
>
So it *is* porn, then.
>
> And yet this group is clearly in its death-throes
>
Clearly. It's all going tits-up.
>
> Can we do anything to jump-start a.m.m.w?
>
Apart from offering sexual favours, I doubt it. People seem to be sticking
to the forums attached to the websites where they now get WinMX and the
things to make it work. They're "easier", and troublemakers probably get
kicked off, etc. (Do they? I don't access them).
>
> Is there any pouint, as despite its functioning, Winmx looks pretty clunky
> next to Emule, and now the memory-leak will never be fixed...
>
It's one of many P2P tools. They all have their place.

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