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Especially when you could build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS

Especially when you could 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!

orf 8y ago
Sarcasm doesn't translate well on the internet, so I'm really not sure if suggesting using CVS (of all things) over a mounted FTP share as a replacement for Dropbox is a joke!
- blerb795 8y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 is the reference
- zbentley 8y ago
  > Sarcasm doesn't translate well on the internet Given what you're replying to, I'd say irony sure does.