Let's add this to the blog....
On 2007-04-03, at 18:52 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I work on Metalink and the OOo distribution project. I'm wondering
if there is a way to mention the involvement. Metalink lets you
download more reliably and error free.
Here is some text:
How does OpenOffice.org serve the hundreds of thousands of files it
delivers every week? We have a network of volunteer mirrors, allow
the selling of CDROMs, and increasingly, utilize sophisticated Peer-
to-Peer (P2P) systems, among them Metalinks.
Anthony Bryan, who manages (and evangelizes) the Metalink service,
writes that,
Metalinks collect information about files in an XML format used by
programs that
download. The information includes mirror lists, ways to retrieve the
file on
P2P networks, checksums for verifying and correcting downloads,
operating
system, language, and other details. With a list of multiple ways to
download a
file, programs can switch to another method if one goes down. Or a
file can be
downloaded from many mirrors at once, usually making the download go
much
faster. Downloads can be repaired during transfer for guaranteed
downloads with
no errors. Local mirrors can be used before others further away.
Downloads can
be filtered by a file's operating system or language. All this makes
things
automatic which are usually not possible or at least difficult, and
increases
efficiency, availability, and reliability over regular download links.
Links:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/25/144209
http://www.geospatialsemanticweb.com/2007/02/25/metalink-unifies-
internet-download
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalink
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/using_metalinks
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(( Anthony Bryan
)) Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ]
Ciao
louis
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