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I apologize for calling this person out, but I found this funny: > For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an

by allenz 9y ago

I apologize for calling this person out, but I found this funny: > For a Linux user, 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 "quite trivially"

make3 9y ago
and get a static ip or a dyndns account, and forward the port on your router. And then make sure your machine is never down. It's really a time waster for the average dev ofc
- wott 9y ago
  "getting a FTP account" ≠ "self-hosting a FTP server"
  - make3 9y ago
    fair
allenz 9y ago
To be honest this was my first reaction to Dropbox as well: just set up a VPN. Looking back, it's clear that I underestimated the advantages of Dropbox and the size of the market. Drew was prescient in identifying an elegant solution to this universal problem.
ringaroundthetx 9y ago
Ahaha that is classic! triggered This doesn't solve a real world problem in Asperger world!
- sctb 9y ago
  We've banned this account.
goialoq 9y ago
> For a Linux user aka approximately no one, and certainly not anyone with a smartphone (technically Linux but you can't set up all these services easily).
laxatives 9y ago
Probably a significant chunk of the world's economy is from taking an already existing product and making it more accessible.
- wh-uws 9y ago
  You should put this quote on of those startup tshirts or posters and sell it.
  - laxatives 9y ago
    You do it. A good chunk of that is copying an alraedy existing product.