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CrashPlan offers a Linux desktop client, and I believe they're a smaller player than Backblaze.

• toomuchtodo 10y ago
  CrashPlan made a different decision. If I was to offer an unlimited backup service, I would offer it to novice users, not a small minority of power users and professionals who were going to break the business model with TBs of data. Let's be honest: when people see unlimited, most think "I don't have to worry about how much I'm storing" but a small group thinks "How can I take advantage of this?" Not supporting a Linux client fixes that quickly.
  • 5ilv3r 10y ago
    > Not supporting hackers fixes that quickly. Fixed that for you. We're just trying to maximize our resources and minimize cost. Nothing wrong with that.
  • Filligree 10y ago
    > Let's be honest: when people see unlimited, most think "I don't have to worry about how much I'm storing" but a small group thinks "How can I take advantage of this?" I don't want to take advantage of it. I just happen to have 8TB of data to back up... But backing up that much data over the internet isn't practical in any case.
• leejoramo 10y ago
  CrashPlan built their system using Java and offers enterprise versions of their clients and servers. They have a very different technology stack and business model.