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According to the original comments "you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs,

by imron 9y ago

According to the original comments "you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem."

ryanlol 9y ago
All you need is a nice quick python wrapper for that and you've got a business :)
- briandear 9y ago
  Yes.. a a quick python script to market and sell it!
  - andai 9y ago
    Haha, I'd pay for that!
    - imron 9y ago
      So would tens of millions of dropbox users.
kuschku 9y ago
And that’s still true today. You can combine git with a file syncing system via FTP, SCP or WebDAV, and you get... SeaFile.
speedplane 9y ago
I remember that comment vividly, and love it. What better example of tech not understanding design and product-market fit?
- puranjay 9y ago
  I see similar comments on virtually every ShowHN thread. "You can just take these 5 extra steps and do it yourself! This product will fail" Somehow, HN seldom seems to grasp that people are inherently lazy and any solution that cuts work for them will find at least a few takers.
  - imron 9y ago
    They also fail to grasp that the know-how and ability of a technically minded person is different from most people who use computers. My mum can use Dropbox. She could not set up an ftp account, mount it locally with curlftpfs, and then use SVN or CVS with it.
    - deleted 9y ago
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  - zimpenfish 9y ago
    > HN seldom seems to grasp that people are inherently lazy I would dispute "inherently lazy" in favour of "have better things to spend their time on than crafting a personal solution to an already solved problem".
- deadbunny 9y ago
  Basically most HN comments on new products then.
albedoa 9y ago
That guy still posts here. In one of his most recent comments [1] he says "it's not all that hard to file your own taxes the old-fashioned way" and that it takes him "a full 12-16 hours (a solid day or two on a weekend)" :D Is he a long gimmick? 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13924397 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13924397
amelius 9y ago
But the "innovative" part is that Dropbox hacked into the OSX kernel to achieve better integration. See e.g. [1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12463338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12463338

by imron 9y ago

ryanlol 9y ago

All you need is a nice quick python wrapper for that and you've got a business :)

briandear 9y ago
Yes.. a a quick python script to market and sell it!
- andai 9y ago
  Haha, I'd pay for that!
  - imron 9y ago
    So would tens of millions of dropbox users.

kuschku 9y ago

And that’s still true today. You can combine git with a file syncing system via FTP, SCP or WebDAV, and you get... SeaFile.

speedplane 9y ago

I remember that comment vividly, and love it. What better example of tech not understanding design and product-market fit?

puranjay 9y ago
I see similar comments on virtually every ShowHN thread. "You can just take these 5 extra steps and do it yourself! This product will fail" Somehow, HN seldom seems to grasp that people are inherently lazy and any solution that cuts work for them will find at least a few takers.
- imron 9y ago
  They also fail to grasp that the know-how and ability of a technically minded person is different from most people who use computers. My mum can use Dropbox. She could not set up an ftp account, mount it locally with curlftpfs, and then use SVN or CVS with it.
  - deleted 9y ago
    [deleted]
- zimpenfish 9y ago
  > HN seldom seems to grasp that people are inherently lazy I would dispute "inherently lazy" in favour of "have better things to spend their time on than crafting a personal solution to an already solved problem".
deadbunny 9y ago
Basically most HN comments on new products then.

albedoa 9y ago

That guy still posts here. In one of his most recent comments [1] he says "it's not all that hard to file your own taxes the old-fashioned way" and that it takes him "a full 12-16 hours (a solid day or two on a weekend)" :D Is he a long gimmick? 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13924397 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13924397

amelius 9y ago

But the "innovative" part is that Dropbox hacked into the OSX kernel to achieve better integration. See e.g. [1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12463338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12463338