P2P Next is getting funding from Europe to devlop new...

by vegasbrianc • 18 years ago

3 6 18 years ago

P2P Next has received 14 million Euros from the European Union to develop a P2P for the masses. BBC is already a partner along with some other heavy hitters.

vegasbrianc• 18 years ago

P2P next is getting over 14 Million Euros funding to produce the next P2P platform for the masses to distribute content from TV shows to software.

tomjen• 18 years ago

This is kind of sad - couldn't the EU just sponsor a summer of code contest to add the needed functionality to bittorrent?

mixmax2• 18 years ago

What exactly do they do?

It doesn't really say on their site. Develop a new bittorrent control for streaming? Or what?

mixmax2• 18 years ago

A typical project for getting EU funding

- A million partners, indicating that noone can or will take any decisions leading to design by committee.

- A flashy site that looks good to EU auditors, but where basic functionality, such as the back button, is broken

- Fluffy language and biz-speak that doesn't amount to anything on their homepage.

- "a consortium consisting of high-profile academic and industrial players with proven track records in innovation and commercial success." - which basically guarantees that it will involve no innovation at all.

I predict it will fail...

musiciangames• 18 years ago

I have a bad reaction to all flash home pages. And doesn't the lack of any text say 'we don't care whether search engines find us or not'?

dizz• 18 years ago

Flashy site yes (-1 point for dissemination tasks) but that's a periphal concern of EU project officers and auditors especially when you consider the bulk of deliverables and milestones an integrated large scale project will have.

I think you're correct but on a macro level - what I find useful with anything EU FP is at the micro level... universities get students funded - they and academic staff push out good research in the general area of original project. It's here where you'll find the innovation. Also within the SME (micro-ISV) participation in such research activities can produce promising technology.

P2P Next is getting funding from Europe to devlop new...

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