Comments on: Much Hyped AllPeers To DeadPool http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:33:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bridging Desktop And Web Applications, Part 2 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2139633 Bridging Desktop And Web Applications, Part 2 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:06:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2139633 [...] was a co-founder and CTO of startup AllPeers before it shut down earlier this year. He’s now working with Mozilla on their Prism project, which was the [...] [...] was a co-founder and CTO of startup AllPeers before it shut down earlier this year. He’s now working with Mozilla on their Prism project, which was the [...]

]]> By: Bridging Desktop And Web Applications - A Look At Mozilla Prism · ordaso.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2050073 Bridging Desktop And Web Applications - A Look At Mozilla Prism · ordaso.com Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:09:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2050073 [...] be Air and/or Prism. Matthew Gertner, who was a co-founder and CTO of startup AllPeers before it shut down earlier this year, is now working with Mozilla on their Prism project. I asked him to write a guest [...] [...] be Air and/or Prism. Matthew Gertner, who was a co-founder and CTO of startup AllPeers before it shut down earlier this year, is now working with Mozilla on their Prism project. I asked him to write a guest [...]

]]> By: Terbaik.Net » Blog Archive » Bridging Desktop And Web Applications - A Look At Mozilla Prism http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2049740 Terbaik.Net » Blog Archive » Bridging Desktop And Web Applications - A Look At Mozilla Prism Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:44:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2049740 [...] be Air and/or Prism. Matthew Gertner, who was a co-founder and CTO of startup AllPeers before it shut down earlier this year, is now working with Mozilla on their Prism project. I asked him to write a guest [...] [...] be Air and/or Prism. Matthew Gertner, who was a co-founder and CTO of startup AllPeers before it shut down earlier this year, is now working with Mozilla on their Prism project. I asked him to write a guest [...]

]]> By: Bridging Desktop And Web Applications - A Look At Mozilla Prism http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2048456 Bridging Desktop And Web Applications - A Look At Mozilla Prism Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:13:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2048456 [...] be Air and/or Prism. Matthew Gertner, who was a co-founder and CTO of startup AllPeers before it shut down earlier this year, is now working with Mozilla on their Prism project. I asked him to write a guest [...] [...] be Air and/or Prism. Matthew Gertner, who was a co-founder and CTO of startup AllPeers before it shut down earlier this year, is now working with Mozilla on their Prism project. I asked him to write a guest [...]

]]> By: Baxter Tocher http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2039440 Baxter Tocher Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:39:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2039440 A real shame. This was a nice project, and a lot of folks were very enthusiastic about it. A real shame. This was a nice project, and a lot of folks were very enthusiastic about it.

]]> By: Bruce Miller http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2016205 Bruce Miller Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:33:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2016205 Wow! RIP AllPeers. Luckily I have found an alternative called 2Peer. If anyone else used AllPeers I found 2Peer somewhat similar. You can download at: http://www.2peer.com/ Wow! RIP AllPeers. Luckily I have found an alternative called 2Peer. If anyone else used AllPeers I found 2Peer somewhat similar. You can download at: http://www.2peer.com/

]]> By: HHL-Absolvent http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2015551 HHL-Absolvent Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:41:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2015551 Their marketing was bad, nobody outside the tech-crowd knowed their service. Their marketing was bad, nobody outside the tech-crowd knowed their service.

]]> By: Pierre Col - UbicMedia http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2015548 Pierre Col - UbicMedia Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:35:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2015548 Despite the sad AllPeers failure, I’m still convinced that P2P network technologies are the most efficient way to distribute multimedia contents across the Internet, and especially huge HD movies ! For me it appears as an evidence: the diffusion of "HD" (720 for "HD ready" or 1080 for "full HD" pixel height by 1280 or 1920 pixel width screen resolution in 16/9 format, with 24 fps and a bitrate ranging from 8 to 30 Mb/s) on the Internet will not be done using basic streaming or regular downloading (even with the help of CDNs like Akamai, Limewire etc) for cost issues. The diffusion of HD movies and videos, and the online availability of huge catalogues of movies today available in SD but not yet released, will force the content providers to us peer-to-peer technologies, or other smartly distributed systems allowing to globally optimize the use of IP bandwidth available worldwide. That is exactly the reason why BitTorrent or Mininova have launched their "low cost P2P CDN" offers. Despite the sad AllPeers failure, I’m still convinced that P2P network technologies are the most efficient way to distribute multimedia contents across the Internet, and especially huge HD movies !

For me it appears as an evidence: the diffusion of “HD” (720 for “HD ready” or 1080 for “full HD” pixel height by 1280 or 1920 pixel width screen resolution in 16/9 format, with 24 fps and a bitrate ranging from 8 to 30 Mb/s) on the Internet will not be done using basic streaming or regular downloading (even with the help of CDNs like Akamai, Limewire etc) for cost issues.

The diffusion of HD movies and videos, and the online availability of huge catalogues of movies today available in SD but not yet released, will force the content providers to us peer-to-peer technologies, or other smartly distributed systems allowing to globally optimize the use of IP bandwidth available worldwide. That is exactly the reason why BitTorrent or Mininova have launched their “low cost P2P CDN” offers.

]]> By: Avatar http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2015237 Avatar Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:32:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2015237 i predicted this a year ago. since they were very stubborn and didn´t did what the the other big plugins in firefox did after getting all the relevancy that they could in firefox but not the growth. what is that? a IE version. you think i am wrong?.. just look at what happened to Foxytunes, StumbleUpon and PicLens just to mention the more relevant. two got acquired and one is on the verge of being acquired any day now. this didn´t happen until they had a IE version of their service. coincidence?. i think not. Simple business sense. i predicted this a year ago. since they were very stubborn and didn´t did what the the other big plugins in firefox did after getting all the relevancy that they could in firefox but not the growth.

what is that?

a IE version.

you think i am wrong?..

just look at what happened to Foxytunes, StumbleUpon and PicLens just to mention the more relevant. two got acquired and one is on the verge of being acquired any day now. this didn´t happen until they had a IE version of their service. coincidence?. i think not.

Simple business sense.

]]> By: Mike Cane http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2015200 Mike Cane Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:43:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2015200 This is terrible news. I used it every day! http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/allpeers-shutting-down/ This is terrible news. I used it every day!

http://mikecane2008.wordpress......ting-down/

]]> By: jamboree http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2015170 jamboree Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:11:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2015170 From the allpeers blog: http://www.allpeers.com/blog/ "The past few years have been an incredible adventure for us. We would like to thank all of the amazing people who have helped us along the way....the many volunteers who spent hours translating each AllPeers version into fifteen different languages to make it available to non-English speakers across the world" The founders get to call this an "incredible adventure"... a "learning experience"... what do the volunteers who sacrificed their free time helping to build the product get? From the allpeers blog:
http://www.allpeers.com/blog/

“The past few years have been an incredible adventure for us. We would like to thank all of the amazing people who have helped us along the way….the many volunteers who spent hours translating each AllPeers version into fifteen different languages to make it available to non-English speakers across the world”

The founders get to call this an “incredible adventure”… a “learning experience”… what do the volunteers who sacrificed their free time helping to build the product get?

]]> By: AnonTroll http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2015143 AnonTroll Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:48:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2015143 All aboard the cock boat. Set sail for dick. All aboard the cock boat.
Set sail for dick.

]]> By: Fabian Schonholz http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2015011 Fabian Schonholz Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:51:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2015011 It is a bummer. I thought they had a good idea. It is a bummer. I thought they had a good idea.

]]> By: Charlie http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014927 Charlie Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:50:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014927 Much hyped... by you. Much hyped… by you.

]]> By: Tian http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014913 Tian Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:33:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014913 I am really surprised they shut it down. I am really surprised they shut it down.

]]> By: Yakov http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014897 Yakov Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:22:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014897 They should have tried to sell their assets via eBay and the others They should have tried to sell their assets via eBay and the others

]]> By: Mike Doeff http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014886 Mike Doeff Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:08:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014886 This one is a head scratcher. AllPeers had so much momentum back in 2006. If the founder(s) are reading this, please consider writing up a "lessons learned" blog post detailing what went wrong so that other entrepreneurs can learn from this. Maybe this was one of those ideas that was a little ahead of it's time? This one is a head scratcher. AllPeers had so much momentum back in 2006. If the founder(s) are reading this, please consider writing up a “lessons learned” blog post detailing what went wrong so that other entrepreneurs can learn from this. Maybe this was one of those ideas that was a little ahead of it’s time?

]]> By: Justin http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014871 Justin Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:54:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014871 <a href="http://waste.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">WASTE</a> did all this, except it didn't do multi-source or swarming; it was only one-to-one. But it can function as an awesome vpn for sharing files only. WASTE did all this, except it didn’t do multi-source or swarming; it was only one-to-one. But it can function as an awesome vpn for sharing files only.

]]> By: NotABug http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014839 NotABug Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:29:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014839 And that's what happens when you: - Base your business entirely on VCs to keep them running - Your competitors, even though they offer their products for free, make millions of dollars a year, no VCs needed. Stupid. I wonder how can people manage to convince VCs to get them money without having a sustainable business which is just based on "expected growth". Morron VCs for putting money on them. And that’s what happens when you:

- Base your business entirely on VCs to keep them running
- Your competitors, even though they offer their products for free, make millions of dollars a year, no VCs needed.

Stupid. I wonder how can people manage to convince VCs to get them money without having a sustainable business which is just based on “expected growth”.
Morron VCs for putting money on them.

]]> By: cease http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014829 cease Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:22:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014829 They need to do the write thing, and open it up. This was a great service, and plugin. Although I didn't use it much, I have to say definitely worth the effort. I can see others definitely doing greater things with it. They need to do the write thing, and open it up. This was a great service, and plugin. Although I didn’t use it much, I have to say definitely worth the effort. I can see others definitely doing greater things with it.

]]> By: Up next... http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014803 Up next... Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:57:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014803 Pownce.. Pownce..

]]> By: Mike http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014797 Mike Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:55:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014797 I use AllPeers often for sharing large video files for work. Will the project live on in open source, or is this the end of the road??? ...Mozilla should pick it up as a default Add-on for bitTorrent files in Firefox. I use AllPeers often for sharing large video files for work. Will the project live on in open source, or is this the end of the road???

…Mozilla should pick it up as a default Add-on for bitTorrent files in Firefox.

]]> By: Peter Antypas http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014793 Peter Antypas Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:53:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014793 @13: An investor that throws money into this hopes for a YouTube-like, "hockey stick" effect. They didn't get that. Lesson learned? File-sharing is not mainstream enough to produce legitimate monetization opportunities. End of story. @13: An investor that throws money into this hopes for a YouTube-like, “hockey stick” effect. They didn’t get that. Lesson learned? File-sharing is not mainstream enough to produce legitimate monetization opportunities. End of story.

]]> By: steve http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014782 steve Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:43:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014782 Agreed, AllPeers was very cool, although I found that the occassional file transfer via IM or email was more convenient for most friends and I now use the specialized Simplify Media for music. Agreed, AllPeers was very cool, although I found that the occassional file transfer via IM or email was more convenient for most friends and I now use the specialized Simplify Media for music.

]]> By: Frank Gruber http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014775 Frank Gruber Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:33:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/much-hyped-allpeers-to-deadpool/#comment-2014775 Dang. I really liked the tee shirt I got from them at TechCrunch40. R.I.P. AllPeers. :-( Dang. I really liked the tee shirt I got from them at TechCrunch40. R.I.P. AllPeers. :-(

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