Digital Technology for Digital Living.
December 31, 2004
eXeem, Proprietary, Adware, Windows Only Sell Out.
So, after all the hype, it turns out that eXeem is actually Sloncek from SuprNova selling out to a company, producing a proprietary network, full of adware, on a Windows only platform. Colour me cynical, but it doesn’t sound like the peer-to-peer panacea that we were all hoping for. OK, some people have to make money, but with the MPAA’s run of lawsuits, we hoped for something a little more community oriented.
It is important to seperate the differences between eXeem and SuprNova. These two entities are completely different and are unrelated (other than Sloncek’s association.) A company named Swarm Systems Inc., the registered owners of eXeem.com, is the presumed developer of eXeem. Sloncek was approached by this company to be the spokesman of this new software and network.
Q: Where will people be able to get it from?
A: From eXeem.com
Q: Will they have to pay for it?
A: Its gonna be ad supported… A lot of adware in it is gonna be optional… Only the ones that really dont bother you at all and are unharmful (cydoor) are gonna be a must for it to work.
Q: Is SuprNova.org team working on eXeem? How do you fit in to this picture?
A: The company that is developing eXeem asked me to help them with it. So they employed me as their representative… I cannot give the name of the company out yet.
Q: What specs do I need to run it?
A: Right now i got 10 downloads running and its taking 10 MB of ram.
Q: Will it work with linux or mac?
A: No and there are no plans for it yet.
The rest of the Q and A is available at Slyck News.
For those more community minded, have a look at Lokitorrent’s legal defence fund and the interview at Neowin.
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