BitTorrent Addresses Closed Source Issues

BitTorrent gained prominence in the file-sharing community largely due to its open source nature. What began as an unknown file-sharing client quickly diversified into a vast collection of applications. Developers were able to take the original BitTorrent source code and forge their own creations. The result of this ability includes the development of Azurues, BitComet, Transmission, and of course, uTorrent (micro Torrent).

The mainline BitTorrent client had some following, however never came close to the consumer penetration of uTorrent or Azureus. With its nearly 17 million users, fully functional user interface, low memory footprint and nearly indistinguishable CPU consumption, the closed source uTorrent became an attractive target for BitTorrent, Inc. On December 7, 2006, Bram Cohen, CEO or BitTorret, and Ludvig (Ludde) Strigeus, developer of uTorrent, formally announced BitTorrent, Inc.’s acquisition.

It was reasonably assumed that not a whole lot was going to change after the acquisition. Bram Cohen had assured everyone that the community experience surrounding uTorrent would remain intact.

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