What do we macusers use instead of kazaa?

oaandre · March 5, 2003 8:51AM

I have got a question from my boss why he can´t have Kazaa Media Desktop on his mac

at home?

Is there any suggestions on what I should tell him to use instead.

rolandg · March 5, 2003 8:55AM

Why don't they make Kazaa for the Mac OS?

ghost_user_name · March 5, 2003 9:06AM

We don't steal software and media.

tommy_thompson · March 5, 2003 9:25AM

Yes, we don't steal. Stealing is BAD.

ghost_user_name · March 5, 2003 9:28AM

That said, this belongs in the Software forum. Moving now.

cube · March 5, 2003 10:54AM

Try Acquisition

Works fine to me

dogcow · March 5, 2003 11:24AM

<a href="http://www.limewire.com"; target="_blank">limewire</a> - does the same thing as kazza, works for mac.

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ringo · March 5, 2003 11:31AM

There's a Kazaa shadow client called Neo, but it sucks. I recommend DirectConnect or Acquisition.

matsu · March 5, 2003 11:59AM

Does Acquisition see Kazaa networks? It doesn't look like it does.

ghost_user_name · March 5, 2003 1:17PM

No, Acquisition uses the gnutella network (alongside LimeWire, BearShare, etc.).

KaZaA is a closed network. The client software has to authenticate with a master server to connect. That's why there are no true third party clients for KaZaA.

gsfmark · March 5, 2003 1:42PM

i like limewire better (never had the chance to use direct connect or acquisition, my dorms have extensive firewalling, so i've been off file sharing networks for quite some time) than neo because with Neo, i guess it is like Kazaa, so it only has 128 mp3s. If i had a pc, i would never use kazaa either!

it's all about being able to pick higher quality stuff... y'know?

superkarate monkeydeathcar · March 5, 2003 2:11PM

i've used limewire, i've found the interface to be really clumsy ( but better than any other i've tried)

if you get limewire pro does anything improve?

amorph · March 5, 2003 2:57PM

Short answer for KaZaA: Their business model depends on third parties being able to install adware and spyware on clients' machines, and that crap is all written in VB. They couldn't port KaZaA over unless all that other crap came over too.

I need hardly say that I'm in no hurry to see KaZaA on the Mac. The last thing we need is that kind of crap compromizing and destabilizing our machines.

What do we macusers use instead of kazaa?

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