BitTorrent, Inc. Acquires µTorrent

[LARAGORN]

This really sux, IMHO Utorrent was the best lightweight torrent app, bar none. I hope they dont mess with it too much.

http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=17278

Here is another discussion about the situation

http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=28580&start=0

[Datruth]

OHHH NO!!!

I love Utorrent... and i've been using it since.... and it's been bought out

Darn you Bittorrent and your faulty client!!!

~~Datruth

[emeraldfool]

I just grabbed the first torrent client I could find once I came across torrents. (It was a gradual progression: Wanted to play XCOM again, one of my favourite childhood games -> abandonware -> Warez -> TorrentSpy -> Planescape) That just happened to be uTorrent. I heard BitLord or Azureus (sp?) was better though...

[zanzibar]

Wouldn't it be "Mu" torrent and not "U" torrent?

[ThomPhoenix]

Indeed, the strange u in uTorrent is pronounced as "mu".

[Datruth]

Indeed, the strange u in uTorrent is pronounced as "mu".

Not by the community though, and that's all that really matters.

In fact it may be mu.

As spoken, it's always Utorrent.

Few will recognize what you are saying if you say, mutorrent.

~~Datruth

[LARAGORN]

It is actualy 'Micro' torrent

The 'U' symbol is greek (i believe) for micro

[zanzibar]

It is actualy 'Micro' torrent

The 'U' symbol is greek (i believe) for micro

rflol (in my head)

U/µ is a greek letter of the alphabet called Mu.  It's used by us to mean "micro" in some situations, but it did not mean micro to the Greeks.

[Marqsaynt]

All three are actually acceptable, Mu, "you", and micro.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9CTorrent

Personally I always call it MuTorrent but that's just me. This is pure speculation but i would venture a guess that the "u" evolved largely from not having a Mu key on computer keyboards so, when people typed it they just substituted a u

[Radiant Memphis]

Glad I use azureus. Go Java!

[LARAGORN]

I'm just going to continue using Utorrent, but not going to update until I am sure that no 'phone home' crap is installed.

[Radiant Memphis]

I'm just going to continue using Utorrent, but not going to update until I am sure that no 'phone home' crap is installed.

Well, I suggest at least for Mac users and I'm sure there is pobably a PC equivilant out there would be Little Snitch found here-http://7ref.com/GOg Money well spent.