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Originally Posted by AndrewH
Sorry my suggestion of distribution as a torrent ruffled feathers, I underestimated how maligned and misunderstood that technology is. FWIW, torrents don't require a torrent site (look at the download links for LibreOffice, or most any flavor of Linux), are perfectly legal (as long as you're not downloading copyrighted material), are safe (as safe as downloading anything else from the internet), and there are even ways of downloading torrents without installing any software.
Dropbox is not intended as a file distribution service; accounts that generate too much traffic have been shut down. I would not be surprised if box.net and similar services would do the same. Which is a shame, because otherwise Dropbox would be a great distribution method!
I'm glad to hear Art is welcome to post the book up on MobileRead!
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Originally Posted by Indio777
Well said. There is nothing wrong with the technology itself. It's how it's used that matters.
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Yeah, I've downloaded torrents from IBM before. Torrents are a great tool for distributing large files and IBM used to distribute WebSphere Application Developer (their version if the eclipse IDE) via torrent.