The folks at Wired magazine have published an article entitled The BitTorrent Effect, including an interesting interview and look at Bram Cohen, author of the BitTorrent protocol (and official client). In typical Wired fashion, the article goes to great lengths to proclaim the death of the older, entrenched means of media distribution, which really isn’t what I was looking for in an article about BitTorrent and its creator. Give it a read anyway.

Oddly, no mention was made of the broad variety of user agents that utilize this protocol. From my personal experience, very few use Mr. Cohen’s original client, but some spinoff such as Bit Tornado or my personal client of choice, Azureus. The proliferation of such alternate interfaces speaks volumes to the success of the BitTorrent protocol and its perceived value amongst software developers and content-pirates alike.

Wired article: The BitTorrent Effect