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The top comment on Dropbox's original announcement went like > For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP
by nindalf 8y ago
The top comment on Dropbox's original announcement went like
> 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. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software ... is it reasonable to expect to make money off of this?
- mruts 8y agoHe's probably right, it's not reasonable and dropbox is a shitty product. But the market has determined it's valuable, despite what we techies think.