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Avalanche, Microsoft's competitive answer to BitTorrent?

Coming from Kevin Schofield's Weblog:

Last week MSR Cambridge held a press day, in which we talked about a number of our research projects, ranging from proofs of the 4-color theorem to new kinds of user interfaces. One of the projects we discussed was Avalanche, an early research effort looking at peer-to-peer (aka P2P) distribution networks.

The funny thing about putting on an open house for the press, is that you can't always predict what the one thing is that everyone will want to write about. This time, it turns out that it was Avalanche. Why? One word: BitTorrent. (continue at source)

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