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Re: Joost: Opportunity Lost

markt — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:50:02 -0000

Has anyone used FILESWIRE WEB BASED P2P Its a web based p2p client. It uses Gnutella (the same network as LimeWire) and their own network. Web based p2p has finally arrived.

Re: Joost: Opportunity Lost

webomatica — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:22:44 -0000

Cool, I'll check out Miro.

Re: Joost: Opportunity Lost

webomatica — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:22:11 -0000

Hulu is a decent website. I was pissed when NBC pulled out of iTunes, in particular, because of BSG, so I must count myself a reluctant user of Hulu. But it does the job of serving up video in an easy manner and it works. And because they have the content - I'll be using Hulu at least once a week wheras Joost - I might take a cue from you and reclaim some hard drive space.

Re: Joost: Opportunity Lost

papa — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:24:33 -0000

Yeazh, I was all hot and heavy for Joost when it came out (they did a brilliant job of creating demand for beta accounts). I fired it up once and thought "meh" (nice technology with no content = yawn), tried it again a few months later and quickly shut it down.

In my opinion, Hulu is a fantastic service. Really well done. The embedding is a great bonus. Everyone wins with the Hulu model.

I really don't understand companies that try to go against the grain with these proprietary/downloadable clients. It's a huge huge obstacle to adoption.

Apple can get away with it (iTunes) because it's Apple. But look at how long it took Apple to reach its current music player/music store dominance. It required a number of years, a LOT of money and a combo hardware/sofware/content strategy. Takes a lot of savvy AND resources and patience to pull off something like that!

Re: Joost: Opportunity Lost

flammable — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:46:34 -0000

May I suggest Miro? They aim to replace Joost, with open source software and RSS/Atom feeds with video enclosures - they're calling them "channels" instead of video podcasts.

It's pretty nice - integrated BitTorrent client, channel guide, and everything.