Posted by dbfriends on 15 January 2005 - 15:13 · 109 comments & 31656 views
eXeem, the P2P-based BitTorrent distribution program, is likely to be released for the first time within the next week, Neowin understands. In a notice on the homepage of the former Suprnova torrents site, the program's creators say the first public beta is due for release next week.

Suprnova's Sloncek has previously spoken about the project, which has been suggested as the way forward for BitTorrent. Suprnova disappeared last month, at the same time as the Motion Pictures Association of America began suing other torrent distribution sites.

A private beta has been in use for the past few weeks. The software itself has been leaked; however, users need to enter a unique key to sign into the software. If a public beta does follow, it will be the first chance for many to get a look at the way the new software works. Sloncek has already indicated it is going to be ad-supported - something which has angered many users.

View: Suprnova homepage


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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by briangw on 15 Jan 2005 - 15:17
This should be interesting
(6 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by supernova_00 on 15 Jan 2005 - 15:17
Great app, you guys are going to love it
Quote this comment #2.1 Posted by s0wi on 15 Jan 2005 - 18:43
Not me... Why can't it be AD free? Wasn't the first reason for them to use AD's on their website for paying for server costs, and stuff, and they even asked for donations...

So why is there going to be AD's in this program?
Quote this comment #2.2 Posted by twyst3d on 15 Jan 2005 - 21:12
development costs at least they wont be like popup ads like kazaa....
Quote this comment #2.3 Posted by SIG on 15 Jan 2005 - 21:43
I think we can expect a 'lite' version of it
Quote this comment #2.4 Posted by NyaR on 15 Jan 2005 - 23:00
afaik the development was free
Quote this comment #2.5 Posted by nifu on 16 Jan 2005 - 20:43
Why do you care so much about ads? I don't see the big deal.
Quote this comment #2.6 Posted by outofcoffee on 18 Jan 2005 - 14:18
I second that - it's not like you *live* in the UI - it's just for searching and then leaving it tucked it away somewhere whilst it downloads... as long as they're not popups, I'm happy for the developers to gain some benefit from their work. And don't give me that "how dare they charge me?!!! open source 4eva!!!1" bullsh*t, in the real world some people don't want to live their life just earning money from contributions for their open source work (although the BT creator makes his living that way). Boycotting this before you've tried the final ver is just lame.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by brent3000 on 15 Jan 2005 - 15:19
cool cant wait
(5 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by empty on 15 Jan 2005 - 15:20
how is it great? Its going to rubbish. WHy? Because of the fact that the greatest strength of BT (the fact that fake files can be removed) will be lost in going to a de-centralized p2p format. Sure there will be ratings and a comment system but kazaa has the same and it simply doesnt work. The reason for this is the fact that the amount of fakes that flood the system make it almost impossible for everyone to be tagged.

Seriously, exeem is going to be such a letdown. Just stick to normal bt, its fast, reliable and most importantly, doesnt whore you out to ad companies so sloncek can line his wallet with 50 dollar bills.


[edit] to clarify, i realise suprnova also had banner ads however those were tolerable considering the considerable cost of bandwith etc, what exactly does exeem need the money for? If they claim its for programming costs they can just make it open source like bt is SUPPOSED to be. [/edit]

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Quote this comment #4.1 Posted by BeyondGodlike on 15 Jan 2005 - 16:59
its going to have a file rating system so you can rate the downloads
fakes and such wont be rated or probably badly rated
ive never tried the beta ive just read alot about it so i dont know for sure
Quote this comment #4.2 Posted by take_the_veil on 15 Jan 2005 - 17:32
Kazaa/gnutella/limewire etc have a ratings system too. Even "excellent" or "****/*" rated files can turn out to be bogus after a download. (i've even downloaded virused and bogus files from BT sites) so the ratings thing is no more than a farce.
Quote this comment #4.3 Posted by andy89 on 15 Jan 2005 - 22:04
exactly the comments etc would have to be centrally hosted otherwise there are gonna be fakes
Quote this comment #4.4 Posted by bucko on 15 Jan 2005 - 22:50
Don't knock it till you try it. Suprnova had ads and they got paid for them same things how exeem gona be setup you moron. Anyway they don't get $50 for each click infact you hardly get anything for them. Gee some people need to sort out there hosts file.
Quote this comment #4.5 Posted by empty on 17 Jan 2005 - 16:20
Dont call me a moron, cant you read? I said i realise why suprnova had ads, as it was needed to pay bandwith! Why does exeem need them?
(3 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by Axel on 15 Jan 2005 - 15:20
What I wanna know... is that this isn't gonna turn into another kazaa. I also hope it doesn't have any spyware.
Quote this comment #5.1 Posted by some_guy on 15 Jan 2005 - 17:35
Hopefully, it doesn't have spyware.
After all, it uses the same ad technology as KAZAA which is...
It better not be a kazaa-bittorent mix.
Quote this comment #5.2 Posted by Jugalator on 15 Jan 2005 - 18:10
From what I heard it won't have any spyware.
Quote this comment #5.3 Posted by ThaCrip on 15 Jan 2005 - 19:28
kazaa plain sucks... all the average people use that crap... stick with bit torrent or irc or better yet private ftp's
(5 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by m-head on 15 Jan 2005 - 15:20
ad based? it'll end up with a eXeemLite edition floating about then....
Quote this comment #6.1 Posted by Axel on 15 Jan 2005 - 15:23
To be honest, suprnova had ads on the site so I don't mind banners or whatecer as long as it's not too intrusive or inclusive of SPYWARE.
Quote this comment #6.2 Posted by m-head on 15 Jan 2005 - 15:31
Good point. Ditto that
Quote this comment #6.3 Posted by some_guy on 15 Jan 2005 - 17:38
Those ads are on the site. I don't mind that.
But what I do mind is ads in software!
Quote this comment #6.4 Posted by Jugalator on 15 Jan 2005 - 18:11
I don't get why so many are annoyed by ads
It's like some confuse it with spyware or something...

I mean, Neowin has ads. OMG

Why are software ads worse than site ads?
Quote this comment #6.5 Posted by saralk on 15 Jan 2005 - 18:25
because they either assume its going to be gain like, or they can't use an ad blocker
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by Rudy on 15 Jan 2005 - 15:25
i used the beta test and it was a big letdown....its horible
Quote this comment #7.1 Posted by Jugalator on 15 Jan 2005 - 18:12
Why? Would help if you made more than spark a curiosity
Quote this comment #7.2 Posted by bucko on 15 Jan 2005 - 22:53
I take it your not a beta tester then? Your meant to submit suggestions you fool!
(9 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #8 Posted by mgorbach on 15 Jan 2005 - 15:33
im using the beta test and actually i kindof like it. The problem is there are not many files right now, but the files which are there seem to be giving me pretty good speed. Certainly, speeds which can never be found in kazaa or emule or something like that. Fakes are going to be a minor problem at best.
I think this is, like he said, the way for BT to go forward. Without the massive visitor counts form suprnova, most torrents are running like crap now for lack of peers.
Quote this comment #8.1 Posted by theyarecomingforyou on 15 Jan 2005 - 15:48
I haven't had any trouble with lack of peers - I nearly always max out my connection (at over 100kb/s) with anything from popular TV programs like The OC or Enterprise to specialist programs that are multi-gigabyte (all legal).

Suprnova just made finding files easy for people - a bit too easy, hence why it was easy to shut down. The same happened when Sharereactor became too popular. I think eXeem will be promising, as the technology behind bittorrent is superior to other networks.
Quote this comment #8.2 Posted by plan-9 on 15 Jan 2005 - 16:11
I dont think its that promising. its just another p2p network like any other. It will gain huge popularity..and after that initial success..the riaa and mpaa and other organizations will start monitoring it and start looking for copyrighted material and going after those sharing that material. then people will start to block uploading and the network will become just like kazaa and other networks. p2p networks plain and simply are not the best way to distribute copyrighted materials.
Quote this comment #8.3 Posted by moeburn on 15 Jan 2005 - 17:39
That didn't happen to Direct Connect.
Quote this comment #8.4 Posted by Jugalator on 15 Jan 2005 - 18:15
Cool, I'm happy to hear reports like this, and that they seem to preserve the speed BT has become known to have.

Problems with Kazaa and eMule is speed that often sucks since the protocol really weren't well designed to upload as fast as you download. They don't even *want* to make it like that, since I've heard whines on forums of the kind "waah, but then I'll download super-slow since my awful ADSL connection won't allow very high uploads". With few options of that kind for us with symmetric connections.

DC helps in that case, but then there's the godforsaken sharing system where people share tons of junk to get into hubs. And trust me, not all anti-junk systems work very well. Besides, you can't even download the same file from multiple peers at once to max out your connection. You instead need to ensure it's some RAR archives split up to a gazillion files to do that same you always could in BT.

So I certainly think there's still a niche to be found for eXeem.
Quote this comment #8.5 Posted by HawkMan on 15 Jan 2005 - 18:39
SuprNova was THE slowest place to download files from, BECAUSE it had so many peers.
or rather it had so many leechers.
Quote this comment #8.6 Posted by threedaysdwn on 15 Jan 2005 - 20:10
You are aware that SuprNova didn't actually host anything... right?

So most of the time it didn't matter WHERE you got the .torrent file from... you were still connecting to the same tracker.

So saying that SuprNova was the "slowest place to download files from" is pretty stupid.
Quote this comment #8.7 Posted by HawkMan on 16 Jan 2005 - 04:01
Not if you used trackers that suprnova could leech of off.
Quote this comment #8.8 Posted by Dirtie on 16 Jan 2005 - 06:02
Too much pron on Exeem atm, hope it will stop.
Quote this comment #8.9 Posted by SquareSoft0 on 16 Jan 2005 - 08:55
Dirtie, I don't see the problem... Especially with someone with your name.
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #9 Posted by squirrel_vomit on 15 Jan 2005 - 15:39
Just another kid with a 56k dial-up sharing Matelica
Quote this comment #9.1 Posted by toadeater on 16 Jan 2005 - 19:09
Probably should go back to school and learn how to spell instead.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #10 Posted by welshkid on 15 Jan 2005 - 15:41
awesome cant wait
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #11 Posted by Liger™ on 15 Jan 2005 - 15:59
Read my article on it : Here it will answer many questions you might have about this....
(5 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #12 Posted by Zeitgeist on 15 Jan 2005 - 16:09
How does Exeem prevent us from being attacked from the MPAA and such?
Quote this comment #12.1 Posted by Axel on 15 Jan 2005 - 16:13
It doesn't protect those who download/host illegal software, but it does protect suprnova from legal action by decentralising it... i.e. they don't host the torrents anymore (I believe this to be correct?)
Quote this comment #12.2 Posted by plan-9 on 15 Jan 2005 - 16:17
it doesnt. there is no way to protect yourself other than 1. not using the network to get illegal things. 2. go through a bunch of proxies..and even then if they really wanted to they could find you.
you could also use some ip filters so it blocks certain ranges of ips that are known to be used by the mpaa and riaa..but honestly..does anyone really think they cant just go out and use other ips to hide their identities?
Quote this comment #12.3 Posted by moeburn on 15 Jan 2005 - 17:40
Napster didn't serve any files, yet they got sued, how is this supposed to protect Suprnova?
Quote this comment #12.4 Posted by Rudy on 15 Jan 2005 - 17:57
thats because napster had one central server while exeem doesnt
Quote this comment #12.5 Posted by Jugalator on 15 Jan 2005 - 18:20
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i.e. they don't host the torrents anymore (I believe this to be correct?)

True, they'll instead have exeem://blahblahblah links. However, eDonkey sites like Sharereactor have been sued even if they only had ed2k://something links, so I don't know if it'll help much. Should help though, since there are still sites like www.filedonkey.com that searches for ed2k links, and those are alive and well.
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #13 Posted by tobe22 on 15 Jan 2005 - 16:39
Anyone read this about exeem??

http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8875
Quote this comment #13.1 Posted by Jugalator on 15 Jan 2005 - 18:24
lol

Posted by someone who obviously haven't got a clue what "decentralized" means.

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The problem with eXeem is that it is not DE-CENTRALIZED like Sloncek wants you to believe, it requires users to leave their eXeem open, so that they can become Super-Nodes. Even if you are not uploading or downloading, eXeem requires you to leave it open so it can bounce, or store info on your machine.

Haha... Yes, but that's a "problem" with decentralization, not a problem with eXeem.

Of course, he skillfully dodges all questions about backing up all crap he's saying in his post with facts.
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #14 Posted by Alien_II on 15 Jan 2005 - 16:43
The way i see it, saying this is bittorrent based is wrong, because...
Look at all these different p2p networks, Gnutella, Kazaa etc.. they all download from different peers the same way bittorrent does...
Now by "decentralizing"(sp?) the 'bittorrent network', it is no longer bittorrent, just another p2p application... the only thing they can do better (haven't seen how exeem is, but maybe someone that has can tell us if this is true) is if they had stuff show up as directories (so lets say you could download a whole 'release') instead of per file..

I personally think using the words 'suprnova' and 'bittorrent' behind it is just to make more hype for a new kazaa-like p2p program, but i could be wrong.
Quote this comment #14.1 Posted by threedaysdwn on 15 Jan 2005 - 20:12
My hope was that you wouldn't actually search for files or releases... but torrent files.

So basically you have a big Kazaa type network, but all it searches for and shares is torrent files. Then when you choose to download one, it opens it just like any other BT client (or perhaps you could even specify your own).

I have NO information confirming any of that to be true. It just seems logical to me and I've wanted to see it for a while.
Quote this comment #14.2 Posted by fpd on 15 Jan 2005 - 20:57
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My hope was that you wouldn't actually search for files or releases... but torrent files.

I thought the problem was that trackers were being shut down. Being able to search for torrents would be pointless if there were no trackers to host them.
(6 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #15 Posted by shen on 15 Jan 2005 - 17:05
i'll wait for someone to create a clean, opensource dupe of it. i'm not interested in cydoor and sloncek can go shove his new $$$ where the sun don't shine.
Quote this comment #15.1 Posted by DeepThought on 15 Jan 2005 - 23:50
Haven't you been reading the other posts? Sloneck has worked SOOOO hard for you, personally. He's gone weeks at a time without food, water, or showers while he struggles to help you get better download speeds. He's like the Jesus of illegal pirated intellectual copyright.
Quote this comment #15.2 Posted by SquareSoft0 on 16 Jan 2005 - 02:21
Yes, he was even crucified by the MPAA, but that still hasn't stopped him from bringing you quality code. Have you wondered what sloncek's plan is for you?
Quote this comment #15.3 Posted by Ideas Man on 16 Jan 2005 - 13:00
So he wants to make some money off something he made? Like the movie industry wants money off making moves, like farmers want money for making the crops to feed you, like supermarkets want money so you can buy whatever you want at a single, central location to save you the hassle of going all over the country side to find it?

The problem with you open source 'fans' is that you don't see the real picture. People have to make a living, and software development is no different from say farming crops. They both consume your time, which is valuable (i.e. cannot be given back) and you should be rewarded for that time, hence the whole system of money, you have to have something worthy to sell to make money, to buy from other people, so they get money, so you get what you want.
Your attitude
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i'll wait for someone to create a clean, opensource dupe of it. i'm not interested in cydoor and sloncek can go shove his new $$$ where the sun don't shine.
is downright pathetic. It's obvious you don't work in the software industry. The beauty about it is, anyone can produce software and make money if it's want people want, that includes 6 year olds to 99+ (If you live that long ) year olds. If he spent months of his time developing it, and everybody wants it, he should be able to reap the benifits of his time. By following your lead, you rob the true software developers of their rightful money, by saying anything that is any good should be copied and made free to undermine the true developer so he loses, must find another job just to make you happy.
Quote this comment #15.4 Posted by DeepThought on 16 Jan 2005 - 16:07
"Ideas Man" (ironic, considering the subject matter), him making a PROFIT on Exeem is a ridiculous concept. Exeem exists solely to steal other people's/companies' intellectual property. He is less like a farmer, and more like a black-market ring that steals food from the farmer. You say he "[has] to make a living", but ignore the fact that he's not "developing software", he's making a shoddy P2P client which helps people steal the software that OTHERS developed. The Mafia has to make money too... does that mean acting illegally is acceptable?

I found this hilarious...
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By following your lead, you rob the true software developers of their rightful money, by saying anything that is any good should be copied and made free to undermine the true developer so he loses, must find another job just to make you happy.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT EXEEM IS FOR... DEPRIVING THE "TRUE DEVELOPER" OF THE MONEY HE DESERVES, BY MAKING HIS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY "COPIED AND MADE FREE".

Hypocrite. Whatever your stance on software piracy, you have to agree that the pirates getting real life money by piracy is abhorrent...
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If he spent months of his time developing it, and everybody wants it, he should be able to reap the benifits of his time.

Doesn't the same go for the developers of whatever application you're downloading right now?
Quote this comment #15.5 Posted by Ideas Man on 17 Jan 2005 - 00:54
That depends on how you use it, almost everything today can be used to illegally reproduce content for free. VCRs, CD Burners, DVD burners, photocopiers, etc. hell, even the keyboard (If you're up to it), they all do the same job, they all have their legit side and their illegit side. So people who make CD burners and DVD burners shouldn't make a profit because 80-90% of their uses is to copy digital media illegally? The internet is your gateway to get all this illegal content, so maybe we should just shutdown the internet and none of this would be a problem. Everything has legit and illegit purposes, it depends on how you use it.

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Quote this comment #15.6 Posted by DeepThought on 17 Jan 2005 - 06:16
Are you seriously comparing photocopiers to a P2P service with the EXPLICIT pupose of software piracy? You go off on a wild tangent, and forget that both Suprnova and now Exeem share ~ 99.9% illegal software, and the rest are things like the latest Mozilla build which is superflous on BT because it's freely available from similar high-profile sites. Designing a site/program where it makes it easy for even the stupidest person to rip off intellectual copyright is slightly different from making VCRs who CAN have a secondary ability of being able to copy library VHS tapes.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #16 Posted by iobilly on 15 Jan 2005 - 17:24
its sad its going to be ad supported.
(3 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #17 Posted by soldier1st on 15 Jan 2005 - 17:24
some1 will indeed make an opensource version of exeem but without any ads or spyware which many will like,i for one don't mind em but if there is spyware my spyware killer will kill the spyware and possible adware
Quote this comment #17.1 Posted by moeburn on 15 Jan 2005 - 17:41
I have your commas and periods as hostages, i demand a ransom if you ever want to see them again.
Quote this comment #17.2 Posted by Jugalator on 15 Jan 2005 - 18:27
That's a poor hostage to take, as he obviously don't care for using them for anything
Quote this comment #17.3 Posted by MoRiA on 15 Jan 2005 - 18:28
You take his commas and "periods" (full stops to me :p), and I'll hold his general ability to write in proper sentences using real English words hostage. Do we have a deal?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #18 Posted by sasint on 15 Jan 2005 - 17:28
nice cant wait
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #19 Posted by blachole on 15 Jan 2005 - 17:47
nice..this should be interesting.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #20 Posted by andRUWeir on 15 Jan 2005 - 18:30
I've heard a lot of bad things about the amount of spyware and crap bundled with this, I'll wait and see what the final response is like before I try it
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #21 Posted by MeshKent on 15 Jan 2005 - 18:58
"It's Ad-supported? I want my money back!"

Bunch of ****ing idiots. Just don't use the damn program if you don't want to see this one tiny little ad in particular out of the thousands that you see in your everyday life.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #22 Posted by [ timko ] on 15 Jan 2005 - 19:15
I'll give this app a go once it's out
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #23 Posted by SkaterAustin on 15 Jan 2005 - 19:34
awesom only 1 way to put it
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #24 Posted by Kamael on 15 Jan 2005 - 19:47
I'll give it a go, but I prefer a open source, multi-platform client, like the original BT is...
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #25 Posted by neo_joel on 15 Jan 2005 - 20:04
should be wicked, cant wait =
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #26 Posted by koppit on 15 Jan 2005 - 20:16
Yeah this would be great, if they weren't suing people seeding torrents now!
Check it out
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #27 Posted by EnIgMa-PenGuIn on 15 Jan 2005 - 20:18
Ill certainly take a look at this, but its not really my cup of tea
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #28 Posted by bjc4ever on 15 Jan 2005 - 20:19
woohoo!! In ur face MPAA
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #29 Posted by wildduck on 15 Jan 2005 - 21:41
when will we see af exeem light (no ads)
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #30 Posted by Gersson on 15 Jan 2005 - 21:54
Exeem lite -- wait for it!
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #31 Posted by tktino on 15 Jan 2005 - 22:21
Just to let you guys know. It will be easy for MPAA to catch your but. I try exeem. I have a key . I was downloading something, I want to see who's ip. Then i started dos. Netstat. I ban the ip that look like i was getting packits from. and bang. I had the guys ip that i was downloading from. please guys dont start another RIAA thing.
Quote this comment #31.1 Posted by SquareSoft0 on 16 Jan 2005 - 02:25
Wow, you sound like a computer mastermind. Keep up the good work, captain.
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #32 Posted by Drestin on 15 Jan 2005 - 22:41
IDIOTS!!! Ad-supported means they'll make (some) money from it - i.e., that now gives the law a stronger method to attack them. Giving away stuff for free is harder to prosecute harshly than those who profit (even if only a tiny bit) from their "selling of illegally obtained and distributed copyrighted materials."

What cracks me up is that there isn't even the slightest pretending that this is some legit outing. The beta is flooded with 99.9% illegal content (the other .1% are tools used to steal other content) from minute 1.
Quote this comment #32.1 Posted by breadfan on 16 Jan 2005 - 04:45
Whether you kill for free or for profit the law has just as much room for you in the penitentiary as the next murderer. While the penalties may differ anything illegal can be prosecuted as harshly as any other illicit act.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #33 Posted by bucko on 15 Jan 2005 - 22:55
My life will return next week
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #34 Posted by soldier1st on 15 Jan 2005 - 23:04
MoRiA, Jugalator, moeburn
n00bs and trolls like you should be shot and killed right away
LOL & go whine to your mommy
anways i hope this will be a good app
Quote this comment #34.1 Posted by iczman on 16 Jan 2005 - 08:04
how are they noobs and trolls? are you talking about urself?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #35 Posted by Scorched on 16 Jan 2005 - 00:44
The way Exeem's system is structured, the slogan should be "Play with our fire, and you might be burned."

I'll give it a try at least once though.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #36 Posted by ice87 on 16 Jan 2005 - 00:51
this will be most interesting. i love you bittorrent.
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #37 Posted by vacantmind on 16 Jan 2005 - 01:50
i bet the company that's financially backing them is sharman, kazaa's owner. this is something that i don't want to be apart of. both kazaa and exeem use cydoor, coincidence? no... **** exeem, **** kazaa.
Quote this comment #37.1 Posted by SquareSoft0 on 16 Jan 2005 - 02:27
That would sound more legit if you weren't wearing that tinfoil hat.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #38 Posted by scaife on 16 Jan 2005 - 04:33
Exeem sounded like a good idea at first, but the more I read about it, the less exciting it became. Especially with all the controversy surrounding Sloncek and the Suprnova team; that really put Exeem in its coffin. I'm sure as hell not going to use or support this particular project... in fact, I'll be suprised if it lasts long enough to see its first birthday.
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #39 Posted by Ivand on 16 Jan 2005 - 04:48
Bleh @ ExeeM... It will be like anyother descentralized P2P network..
Quote this comment #39.1 Posted by SquareSoft0 on 16 Jan 2005 - 08:53
Please, name a few.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #40 Posted by Ambience on 16 Jan 2005 - 07:12
So, you actually search for FILES on this thing, not TORRENTS? And that's because nobody will host torrents right? So what relation does eXeem have to BitTorrent's file-sharing method? I had thought that eXeem would be like a place where you could search for torrents, with the people sharing the torrents.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #41 Posted by chicken-royal on 16 Jan 2005 - 10:01
wouldn't it be better if eXeem search for torrents, and displayed the stats of them (seeders/leechers, kinda like burst!) then users could download the torrent. But then the torrents would download in eXeem, in effect making eXeem a program to search for torrents, and download them all in one go.
(4 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #42 Posted by ElectronicRealm on 16 Jan 2005 - 11:50
i know wy its ad based....

its gunna pay for the heavy lawsuit which is ure to follow.
Quote this comment #42.1 Posted by shichiroji4 on 16 Jan 2005 - 12:38
The greedy MPAA/RIAA can't sue a decentralized network, that's why they are desperately trying to take down as many BT sites as they can now.

Sloncek will go down to history as another great innovator.
Quote this comment #42.2 Posted by JaggedFlame on 16 Jan 2005 - 13:18
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Sloncek will go down to history as another great innovator.


I really doubt anyone gives two flying sh*ts about "Sloncek."
Quote this comment #42.3 Posted by tylerk on 16 Jan 2005 - 15:43
Haha I agree, who really cares about this program. I can think of too many things to list that will go in the "Great Innovator" book before Sloncek. I have seen screen shots of this program and used it, it's a ****ing piece of **** that is like the new msn 7 (over hyped and filled with **** but it still has that unknown good side which drags you to it no matter how much it sucks)
Quote this comment #42.4 Posted by Siriuss[FN] on 17 Jan 2005 - 09:15
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Haha I agree, who really cares about this program. I can think of too many things to list that will go in the "Great Innovator" book before Sloncek. I have seen screen shots of this program and used it, it's a ****ing piece of **** that is like the new msn 7 (over hyped and filled with **** but it still has that unknown good side which drags you to it no matter how much it sucks)


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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #43 Posted by Dark Warhawk on 16 Jan 2005 - 14:30
i wonder if the old CD_CLINT.ZIP file would work with eXeem
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #44 Posted by Beast_4thHM on 16 Jan 2005 - 16:28
Why not use the GOOD and fast Gnutella 2 network?! www.shareaza.com is all I have to say
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #45 Posted by Spider_Man on 16 Jan 2005 - 17:49
Honestly, I have no problem with the ads. Seeing as Suprnova is being sued at present for providing all of you with a great place to get all your pirated software and movies, those ads will help them not only keep going but survive the RIAA assault. SO quit yer bitchin' and support 'em. God, I swear, sometimes it seems like you people never think about these things...
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #46 Posted by SoNiCfReAk on 16 Jan 2005 - 18:38
They better release a Linux client...
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #47 Posted by ProgramGeek on 16 Jan 2005 - 22:01
Omfg, yeah, all so this sloncek guy can make money to cover "development costs"

Yeah, want to eliminate some development cost? Try OSS.

This moron is using suprnova's popularity and abusing it for his own greed, at least loki is fighting back...

From what I've heard, the program is crap -- I highly doubt you can get a bunch of boob-faces to make a programmer better than bittorrent (even if it's based off the original code) in any amount of time.. So yeah, what I'm saying is, it's lame that neowin is giving this guy publicity, eXeem (sounds like a name disney would use if they were trying to be cool for the kidz) won't make up for suprnova going down.

NEXT
Quote this comment #47.1 Posted by Siriuss[FN] on 17 Jan 2005 - 09:19
You seen that, you been there, you used it for a while and found it bad?
If not ffs shut y f mouth and wait for release then flame.
plzkthnxbye

and don`t forget that world is made from love and peace
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #48 Posted by sloppycode on 17 Jan 2005 - 11:01
one word:

SPYWARE
Quote this comment #48.1 Posted by alanzeino2002 on 18 Jan 2005 - 01:32
ahh have a cry lesbian
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #49 Posted by Joshie on 17 Jan 2005 - 20:55
I like to feed the paranoid:

Exeem and Kazaa also both have three vowels, and 'k' and 'z' are each two letters away from 'm' and 'x'.

Clearly this proves that...um......something.
Quote this comment #49.1 Posted by SquareSoft0 on 18 Jan 2005 - 07:10
OMIGOD, you've convinced me of... a conspiracy of some sort.
Conspiracy.... PIRACY, OMIGOD!!111!(eleventeen)
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