AllPeers closes down
p2pnet news | Freedom:- "You haven’t heard the last from us. See you in our next life!"
That’s what Allpeers promises in its announcement that it’s shutting down.
"When Allpeers went official, it said it was billed as the best thing to happen to Firefox since Firefox," p2pnet posted in 2006, going oin:
"It, ‘combines the strength of Firefox and the efficiency of BitTorrent to transform your favorite browser into a media sharing powerhouse,’ it promised, going on that it’s explicitly designed to, ‘assist in the creation of so-called Web 2.0 applications: software that exploits new trends such as social networking, self-publishing and client-centric computing’."
But, "It is with deep regret that we inform our users, friends and fans that we will be shutting down the AllPeers service today," say Cedric Maloux and Matthew Gertner, going on >>>
We are tremendously proud of the product that our team has built, and we remain convinced of the potential of adding social features like file sharing to the web browser. However, we have not achieved the kind of growth in our user base that our investors were expecting, and as a result we are not able to continue operating the service.
The past few years have been an incredible adventure for us. We would like to thank all of the amazing people who have helped us along the way. This includes countless users who provided us with valuable feedback about how to improve our product; the Mozilla community, who has proven to us that ‘community’ is more than just a word when it comes to open source software; the many volunteers who spent hours translating each AllPeers version into fifteen different languages to make it available to non-English speakers across the world; and the friends and family who have supported us as we pursued what undoubtedly seemed like a crazy dream.
Being an entrepreneur is the most rewarding and exhilarating job we can imagine. Being able to build on a vision you have one morning and watch as it grows into reality is quite an experience. Seeing people get excited by what you are building is incredibly gratifying. The praise, devotion and even harsh criticism of the user community is what keeps you going despite long working hours, frequent stress and periods of uncertainty.
When we started working on AllPeers, we knew that it was an ambitious project with no guarantee of success. Such is the nature of any software startup. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Although we are deeply disappointed with the way this adventure has ended, we hope that fear of failure will never prevent us from daring to act on our inspiration.
We have met many many new friends thanks to AllPeers (you know who you are). This is a fantastic silver lining that gives us great comfort. We hope you will stay in touch as we move on to new pastures.
The success of this blog has also been one of the best experiences to come out of AllPeers. We will continue to operate it under the ‘Peer Pressure’ name, posting our random thoughts about the web, the software industry, the evolution of media and whatever else strikes our fancy. We hope you’ll keep on reading. Matt will also continue writing his Just Browsing blog with a focus on web browsers and browser technology.
Stay tuned.
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Also See:
p2pnet – Allpeers secure p2p chat, December 22, 2006
AllPeers – AllPeers Service Shutting Down Today, March 3, 2008
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March 5th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
(cry)
I can’t believe its gone! I did find another service called 2Peer.com though, so the pain is somewhat relieved.