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With Google's GDrive clearly listed as a potential competitor, which had to be mentioned several times in the application, I didn't find the application as "str
by dotBen 16y ago
With Google's GDrive clearly listed as a potential competitor, which had to be mentioned several times in the application, I didn't find the application as "strong" as I would have expected.
Of course, I love + use DropBox, and GDrive has never really happened (not in the dropbox-like incarnation people expected) but at the time the application was written it seemed as though things were very stacked against DB.
- sushrutbidwai 16y agoI always think that for a space like backup and sharing of data/files a startup always had much chance of success than GDrive or other biggies. Reasons - 1. Its important to iterate extremely fast and keep on improving your solution which a big company like Google cant really do any more. 2. This space does not require integration with other consumer apps offered by big companies like emails/calendars/social-network. Therefore there isnt much to win for big companies to win by focusing enough on competing in the space. Its more of a distraction really. 3. Backups of data is very important feature for which people are willing to pay. Hence consumer is also very demanding. Must easier for a startup to keep on listening to consumer than a big corporate. Another similar startup which is doing extremely well in similar space compared to biggies is http://www.druva.com/ http://www.druva.com/