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I have a few qualms with this app: 1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it loc
by vertis 5y ago
I have a few qualms with this app:
1. 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.
2. It doesn't actually replace a USB drive. Most people I know e-mail files to themselves or host them somewhere online to be able to perform presentations, but they still carry a USB drive in case there are connectivity problems. This does not solve the connectivity issue.
3. It does not seem very "viral" or income-generating. I know this is premature at this point, but without charging users for the service, is it reasonable to expect to make money off of this?
/s[1]
In all seriousness, congrats on the launch. It looks like you're solving an interesting problem. Having done at least little work on multi-region platforms I can attest to how painful it is. Hopefully your product will help solve this.
[1]: See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 if the above doesn't make sense.
- jedberg 5y agoYou had me there for a second. I was about to link you to that comment. :)
- vertis 5y agoI think it's almost a tradition now to reference that comment on any launch.
- afeiszli 5y ago1. Our system is only compatible with Windows XP so I don't think this is relevant. 2. USB's aren't a viable long-term strategy. With supply chain issues they are likely to cost $3000/gb this year. 3. This is actually an NFT-based platform. So-called "money" is not a concern for us. Hopefully the "/s" isn't necessary for this one but I better add it anyway. Thanks for the good words!
- vertis 5y agoI almost paraphrased it to meet your launch a bit better, but then I thought that might be a bridge too far with the sarcasm. Very glad you're going down the NFT route, solves so many problems.
- gz5 5y ago@afeiszli congrats on the launch. @vertis, if you are looking at multi-region or multi-cloud, you may be interested in how Ozone solved this for private k8s https://ozone.one/blog/ozone-zitifies-private-kubernetes-deployments-with-netfoundry https://ozone.one/blog/ozone-zitifies-private-kubernetes-dep... disclaimer: i am founder of a company which builds saas on the openziti open source which Ozone used in their solution as well. however, doesn't seem competitive with this solution from vertis - openziti being built for different use cases.
- vertis 5y agoIt's a past life at the moment. Hopefully one day it will be a problem for me again (pre-launch startup currently).
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