MS BitTorrent Alternative In The Making

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MS BitTorrent Alternative In The Making - PC Pro

...but will Microsofts solution to the 'rarest bit' be enough to compensate for the inclusion of DRM?

Microsoft says that Avalanche improves on BitTorrent's method of 'swarming' otherwise known as parallel downloads. In a system where files are shared among multiple machines, if there is only a single source for the file, downloads are restricted to the bandwidth of the single server.

To combat this problem, ... (Full explanation...)