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At work I am constantly battle the following sources of crufty bollocks: the ftp server, the windows-share fileserver, the 'one the linux guys use' (its ssh..),

At work I am constantly battle the following sources of crufty bollocks: the ftp server, the windows-share fileserver, the 'one the linux guys use' (its ssh..), the jira ticket-attachments, the confluence 'pages', peoples mobile-phones, and so on. If only all of these OS's just had one single, shared, reliable filesystem they could all mount and/or mirror, without .. oh, I get it .. I just install another 3rd-party app .. C'mon, OS vendors. Pop the cloud already.

zozbot234 7y ago
> If only all of these OS's just had one single, shared, reliable filesystem they could all mount and/or mirror A local file system? UDF does the job.
na85 7y ago
>If only all of these OS's just had one single, shared, reliable filesystem they could all mount and/or mirror... FTP provides exactly this experience. Every platform can interface with it and it can be made network-transparent.
maliker 7y ago
I've standardized on Google Drive, which kind of works. Not good enough version control features for code though, which is why I still need git. Been kicking around the idea of moving to git only, but the learning curve is steep (impossible?) for non-programmers.
- passwordreset 7y ago
  Just a word of warning on Drive in particular. I received this notice the other day when trying to download one of my files from Drive: -- Sorry, you can't view or download this file at this time. Too many users have viewed or downloaded this file recently. Please try accessing the file again later. If the file you are trying to access is particularly large or is shared with many people, it may take up to 24 hours to be able to view or download the file. If you still can't access a file after 24 hours, contact your domain administrator. -- Note that this was my own file. I was the creator and I was the only downloader. So, I guess I really didn't own it after all. That's the position that I'm going to have to recommend to anyone using any "cloud" service. If it's in the cloud, you don't own it. If you really care about it, back it up, and test your restores. Your cloud storage can disappear on a whim.

zozbot234 7y ago

> If only all of these OS's just had one single, shared, reliable filesystem they could all mount and/or mirror A local file system? UDF does the job.

na85 7y ago

>If only all of these OS's just had one single, shared, reliable filesystem they could all mount and/or mirror... FTP provides exactly this experience. Every platform can interface with it and it can be made network-transparent.

maliker 7y ago

I've standardized on Google Drive, which kind of works. Not good enough version control features for code though, which is why I still need git. Been kicking around the idea of moving to git only, but the learning curve is steep (impossible?) for non-programmers.

passwordreset 7y ago
Just a word of warning on Drive in particular. I received this notice the other day when trying to download one of my files from Drive: -- Sorry, you can't view or download this file at this time. Too many users have viewed or downloaded this file recently. Please try accessing the file again later. If the file you are trying to access is particularly large or is shared with many people, it may take up to 24 hours to be able to view or download the file. If you still can't access a file after 24 hours, contact your domain administrator. -- Note that this was my own file. I was the creator and I was the only downloader. So, I guess I really didn't own it after all. That's the position that I'm going to have to recommend to anyone using any "cloud" service. If it's in the cloud, you don't own it. If you really care about it, back it up, and test your restores. Your cloud storage can disappear on a whim.