Comments on: Joost: Opportunity Lost

By: markt

markt — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:50:02 +0000

Has anyone used FILESWIRE WEB BASED P2P Its a web based p2p client. It uses Gnutella (the same network as LimeWire) and their own network. Web based p2p has finally arrived.

By: webomatica

webomatica — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:22:44 +0000

Cool, I'll check out Miro.

By: webomatica

webomatica — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:22:11 +0000

Hulu is a decent website. I was pissed when NBC pulled out of iTunes, in particular, because of BSG, so I must count myself a reluctant user of Hulu. But it does the job of serving up video in an easy manner and it works. And because they have the content – I'll be using Hulu at least once a week wheras Joost – I might take a cue from you and reclaim some hard drive space.

By: papa

papa — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:24:33 +0000

Yeazh, I was all hot and heavy for Joost when it came out (they did a brilliant job of creating demand for beta accounts). I fired it up once and thought "meh" (nice technology with no content = yawn), tried it again a few months later and quickly shut it down.

In my opinion, Hulu is a fantastic service. Really well done. The embedding is a great bonus. Everyone wins with the Hulu model.

I really don't understand companies that try to go against the grain with these proprietary/downloadable clients. It's a huge huge obstacle to adoption.

Apple can get away with it (iTunes) because it's Apple. But look at how long it took Apple to reach its current music player/music store dominance. It required a number of years, a LOT of money and a combo hardware/sofware/content strategy. Takes a lot of savvy AND resources and patience to pull off something like that!

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:46:34 +0000

May I suggest Miro? They aim to replace Joost, with open source software and RSS/Atom feeds with video enclosures - they're calling them "channels" instead of video podcasts.

It's pretty nice - integrated BitTorrent client, channel guide, and everything.

By: Apple » Joost: Opportunity Lost

Apple » Joost: Opportunity Lost — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:51:53 +0000

[...] MAC.BLORGE.com wrote an interesting post today on Joost: Opportunity LostHere’s a quick excerpt So… a few months ago I wrote about Joost. In the beginning, I felt they did a lot of things right, which unfortunately slid into general annoyance as the service deteriorated. Now Techcrunch writes that they’re preparing a “major retrenchment of staff,” and that article reminded me – I haven’t fired up Joost in months. What Joost did right was convince a lot of people such as myself to download a client through an initial flurry of viral marketing. They also created a compelling platform for d [...]