Evil_Dweller_01
February 20th, 2004, 01:01 PM
Ehh...since Mammoth has released a new version we asked the Interviewer a bunch of questions that might be of interest to those who use the program. I don't know if somebody submitted this as news already or not but I'll post it here.
Source: FilePortal (http://www.fileportal.net)
With a new boy on the block, Fileportal.net talked to Sanders who is the only developer of the Mammoth Project. Mammoth is a free p2p program that connects to the Fasttrack network and is already growing in popularity. We would like to thank Sanders for taking time out of his busy day to answer these few questions.
Fileportal:Why did you pick FastTrack to connect to? Tell us what advantages you think FastTrack has that other networks don't?
Sanders:It really isn’t my choice, users make that choice. In my opinion there are no advantages, except the large user base. Fasttrack is closed source and Sharman wants to keep it that way.
Fileportal:Have you talked to Sharman Networks about Mammoth being on fasttrack? If so is Sharman happy about this or will there be another Morpheus problem?
Sanders:I have not, no. Mammoth makes use of the network code incorporated in iMesh. If Sharman decides to shutdown iMesh then Mammoth will do too. With Morpheus being on fasttrack “again” I cannot imagine Sharman not taking any action against this. That puts a great project like gift-fasttrack (http://developer.berlios.de/projects/gift-fasttrack) in danger.
Fileportal:In the future, will mammoth connect to any other networks or will it remain a FastTrack only client?
Sanders:In the future Mammoth will connect to a good dht network like chord, kademlia, jxta etc. A dht network has been proved to be scalable, but only on paper of course.
Fileportal:So far Kazaa Lite++ is unbeatable when it comes to using a handy fasttrack client, will mammoth have any features like K++ to increase it's popularity? Features such as auto search more, more sources to download from, etc?
Sander:With the current degration of the Fasttrack network, I ’ve put my priorities elsewhere. I will finish the GUI and after that I will put all my effort in another network, like chord for ex.
Fileportal:With the constant leeching, fakes, and virii plauging the FastTrack network, will Mammoth make any efforts as to try and block some of that content or users who don't share with others?
Sander:As long as Sharman doesn’t, then Mammoth will not incorporate such features when connecting Fasttrack.
Fileportal:Will Mammoth make efforts at some point to protect users from the likes of the RIAA and MPAA?
Sander:An IP blocker would be handy, yes. I cannot make any promises for new features in future Mammoth releases.
Fileportal: This program is in beta right now, any estimate on when you may have a final version?
Sander: Mammoth is quite stable already. I wish I could make promises for future releases, but I can’t. I’m still the only programmer for this project, as long as that’s the case then things will not go as fast as I want them to go. For ex. I haven’t had any time to work on mammoth for over a month now.
This is the main interview, if you want to read the ending summary just go there. :)
Source: FilePortal (http://www.fileportal.net)
With a new boy on the block, Fileportal.net talked to Sanders who is the only developer of the Mammoth Project. Mammoth is a free p2p program that connects to the Fasttrack network and is already growing in popularity. We would like to thank Sanders for taking time out of his busy day to answer these few questions.
Fileportal:Why did you pick FastTrack to connect to? Tell us what advantages you think FastTrack has that other networks don't?
Sanders:It really isn’t my choice, users make that choice. In my opinion there are no advantages, except the large user base. Fasttrack is closed source and Sharman wants to keep it that way.
Fileportal:Have you talked to Sharman Networks about Mammoth being on fasttrack? If so is Sharman happy about this or will there be another Morpheus problem?
Sanders:I have not, no. Mammoth makes use of the network code incorporated in iMesh. If Sharman decides to shutdown iMesh then Mammoth will do too. With Morpheus being on fasttrack “again” I cannot imagine Sharman not taking any action against this. That puts a great project like gift-fasttrack (http://developer.berlios.de/projects/gift-fasttrack) in danger.
Fileportal:In the future, will mammoth connect to any other networks or will it remain a FastTrack only client?
Sanders:In the future Mammoth will connect to a good dht network like chord, kademlia, jxta etc. A dht network has been proved to be scalable, but only on paper of course.
Fileportal:So far Kazaa Lite++ is unbeatable when it comes to using a handy fasttrack client, will mammoth have any features like K++ to increase it's popularity? Features such as auto search more, more sources to download from, etc?
Sander:With the current degration of the Fasttrack network, I ’ve put my priorities elsewhere. I will finish the GUI and after that I will put all my effort in another network, like chord for ex.
Fileportal:With the constant leeching, fakes, and virii plauging the FastTrack network, will Mammoth make any efforts as to try and block some of that content or users who don't share with others?
Sander:As long as Sharman doesn’t, then Mammoth will not incorporate such features when connecting Fasttrack.
Fileportal:Will Mammoth make efforts at some point to protect users from the likes of the RIAA and MPAA?
Sander:An IP blocker would be handy, yes. I cannot make any promises for new features in future Mammoth releases.
Fileportal: This program is in beta right now, any estimate on when you may have a final version?
Sander: Mammoth is quite stable already. I wish I could make promises for future releases, but I can’t. I’m still the only programmer for this project, as long as that’s the case then things will not go as fast as I want them to go. For ex. I haven’t had any time to work on mammoth for over a month now.
This is the main interview, if you want to read the ending summary just go there. :)