p2pnet - rss feed: Brother trouble at BitTorrent
p2p news / p2pnet: BitTorrent, formerly THE independent p2p app, is now a hard-core, locked-in component of the corporate movie industry, which is continuing its fruitless fight to close down all indie BT sites.
But all is not well at the House of BT.
“Apparently, Ross Cohen, the chief technology officer with the company has left the building,” posted Om Malik on Monday. “What I heard was that there was some nudging by brother and Bit Torrent founder, Bram Cohen.”
It seems Bram’s younger brother Ross, BitTorrent’s ex-chief technical officer, was no longer a “good fit”.
p2pnet asked BT’s new spokeslady, Lily Lin, what that meant, exactly, and if Bram had indeed eased Ross out.
“Not much else I can say beyond that,” she told us. “Very simply, the position just wasn’t a good fit anymore and as a result, Ross Cohen and the company parted ways.”
But this isn’t the first sign of dissention.
Bram is widely reported to have Asperger Syndrome. Sufferers have normal or above average intellectual capacity, “and atypical or less well developed social skills, often with emotional/social development or integration happening later than usual as a result,” says Wikipedia.
But Ross, “is still not convinced that Bram has Asperger’s,” wrote Dan Roth in Torrential Reign, going on, “The syndrome wasn’t even detailed in the clinician’s bible, The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, until 1994, a year after Cohen graduated from the elite public Stuyvesant High School.”
Meanwhile, a further inquiry notwithstanding, Lin wouldn’t elaborate on the reason for Ross’ abrupt departure.
Stay tuned.
Also See:
Om Malik - Cohen Vs Cohen at Bit Torrent?, March 6, 2006
Dan Roth - Torrential Reign, October 18, 2005
March 8th, 2006 at 5:36 pm
I don’t get how this makes a difference.
I thought the bittorrent protocol was an open protocol, so if they develop something new then it will be something new, but the open source programmers can develop their own free software.
Don’t see how much changes.
March 8th, 2006 at 6:46 pm
I have Aspergers Syndrome, been diagnosed with it years ago. My life ain’t easy with it either.
March 8th, 2006 at 7:18 pm
At least Bram (and yourself) don’t (?) have Klinefelter’s Syndrome. I was diagnosed with it nearly 35 years ago. Nothing like have something from over 3 decades ago coming back to figurativey bite one in the rump.
March 8th, 2006 at 7:22 pm
since i heard Bram is teaming up with those 4 letter organizations, i dont think they will let Bram open source his code anymore.
March 9th, 2006 at 3:25 am
I really don’t want to read about someone’s [alleged] medical conditions, whether as a [proported] explanation for changes in their companies or as an aside to an otherwise interesting article.
Media should deal with public issues & events, not try to play forensic psychologists (unless they have the credentials to do so, and only when it’s really related to the main issue/event of the story).
Put any credentials on the table or leave out the irrelavent stuff, OK?
March 9th, 2006 at 8:33 am
i’m not sure why i read p2pnet at all. what is this tasteless commentary on aspergers?? if any of you schleps were actual engineers you’d be able to appreciate bram’s genius. i am still enamored by what bittorrent does and why it does it so well. its mind boggling. and its free?? (hello??) as far as i can tell, bittorrent is still open source. bram agreed remove links from his search engin. in exchange he stays out of jail. you jackasses should go write your own P2P networking protocols and put your own necks on the line.. oh wait, i forgot you all suck at life
March 9th, 2006 at 10:24 am
I know that, but the protocol is already in open source projects such as Azureus, whats to stop them from developing a branch protocol, or use the ideas to create a new protocol.
Sean Whoever created Napster, then he gave his software to the corporations, the same thing was said then, but what happened in the end, nothing.
March 12th, 2006 at 2:22 am
In this particular instance, Asperger’s Syndrome has figured prominently in the packagiing and promotion of “The Bram Story.” In fact, Mr. Cohen has been the source for most of the information about his condition. He attributes his success in creating and implementing the Bit Torrent protocol partially to the symptoms and effects of the condition. Thus, it is indeed very relevant and not just gratuitous gossip.
–TG