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This is like comparing Dropbox to "having an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem". Yes, you co
by petepete 7y ago
This is like comparing Dropbox to "having an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem".
Yes, you could. Or you could use something that's polished and works, with a clean UI and years of real world testing.
- traderjane 7y agoThe part that sticks out to me is that it only runs on Apple stuff. I imagine lots of Apple users are multi-device households.
- mikeash 7y agoFor anyone missing the joke, when the Dropbox announcement was posted to HN, that was exactly the reaction it got.
- msla 7y ago> Yes, you could. Or you could use something that's polished and works, with a clean UI and years of real world testing. It doesn't work on most computers, of course.