Dear Regulator,


There are a few things you should be aware of.

1) I do have LimeWire installed and configured correctly as I've built my CDN (Content Distribution Network on top of it.) I've distributed 4,838,950 (4.8 million) files most of which have been distributed via LimeWire although I've tried other clients from time to time.

To be fair, I use LimeWire in a slightly different fashion than most users. That is most people use it to get stuff from the network. I use it to publish stuff on the network. Therefore, my interests is counter to the P2P culture at large.

2) Think of LeeWare Development as a small ISP. I run my own infrastructure resources -- All of my nodes are in bastion environment (not protected by any firewalls etc.) I avoid about 98% of security problems by properly configuring my systems. I've done some pretty interesting things with P2P clients that is figuring out how different configurations impact uploads and downloads. I have enough resources to test this from both ends.

Therefore, much of my advise come from experience not just stuff I make up just to sound important. It's simply not necessary for me to do that. I don't have any of the problems that people in this forum have. I do this because I like helping people if I can.

This brings me to my third point.

3) I don't get paid to support LimeWire. I do this out of simple kindness. Therefore, I am not obligated to invest any significant amount of time energy or resources to helping someone else solve a problem. That seems to be of a nature that would best be address by the developers of the product and not some guy in a forum.

4) There are other reasons to pay for the PRO edition of LimeWire beyond any of the marketing hype -- Such as supporting the developers for producing a great product. I've bought every version I've had of the product accept for the earliest ones.

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Lee Evans, President
LeeWare Development
http://www.leeware.com