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Minus, a new competitor to Dropbox

9 points by koopajah 15y ago

Egregore 15y ago
I have not signed up, but from examining your site it seems that you don't have payed accounts, as a user I'll be afraid to trust you my files for a long time, even for free accounts, because it will seem that you're not sustainable and will go bust some time in the future and I will lose my files.
- lloeki 15y ago
  From the help page (emphasis mine): > Why is Minus absolutely free? > > Our goal is to create a world-class product and experience for our users and the business model will follow. We can see many ways Minus can monetize itself. Wow. Wishful thinking?
  - mindotus 15y ago
    There are many proven business models that work for this space and Minus is also currently well funded. We are here to stay and your files are safe, no worries :)
- mindotus 15y ago
  Minus is currently funded and we plan on implementing sustainable business models in the future. No need to worry :) Your files are safe.
joelhaasnoot 15y ago
concurrent = competitor
- DrJokepu 15y ago
  Useless trivia: the French word for a competitor is "concourant", hence the mistranslation.
  - valinor4 15y ago
    no, it is not. the french word for a competitor is "concurrent".
  - lloeki 15y ago
    Useless trivia, round 2: concourant(fr) is concurrent(en) as in concurrency(en), concurrent(fr) from concourir(fr) is indeed competitor(en)
skrebbel 15y ago
Weird title - nothing about this company seems French
- lloeki 15y ago
  Nothing indeed: http://minus.com/pages/about http://minus.com/pages/about
  - smoyer 15y ago
    And from the blog: "We’ve been at our NYC office for only a month and ..."
    - koopajah 15y ago
      Yeah sorry seems that I completely mixed two news at the same time. This one about a dropbox "clone" and a one about a new cloud solution by a French company.
- joelhaasnoot 15y ago
  Only the word 'concurrent' is French
wccrawford 15y ago
"Concurrent"? Did you mean competitor, or counterpart, or clone?
koopajah 15y ago
Sorry, as I said in another comment I mixed two news at the same time. I edited the title to reflect the proper pitch about Minus. My bad!

9 points by koopajah 15y ago

I have not signed up, but from examining your site it seems that you don't have payed accounts, as a user I'll be afraid to trust you my files for a long time, even for free accounts, because it will seem that you're not sustainable and will go bust some time in the future and I will lose my files.

lloeki 15y ago
From the help page (emphasis mine): > Why is Minus absolutely free? > > Our goal is to create a world-class product and experience for our users and the business model will follow. We can see many ways Minus can monetize itself. Wow. Wishful thinking?
- mindotus 15y ago
  There are many proven business models that work for this space and Minus is also currently well funded. We are here to stay and your files are safe, no worries :)
mindotus 15y ago
Minus is currently funded and we plan on implementing sustainable business models in the future. No need to worry :) Your files are safe.

joelhaasnoot 15y ago

concurrent = competitor

DrJokepu 15y ago
Useless trivia: the French word for a competitor is "concourant", hence the mistranslation.
- valinor4 15y ago
  no, it is not. the french word for a competitor is "concurrent".
- lloeki 15y ago
  Useless trivia, round 2: concourant(fr) is concurrent(en) as in concurrency(en), concurrent(fr) from concourir(fr) is indeed competitor(en)

skrebbel 15y ago

Weird title - nothing about this company seems French

lloeki 15y ago
Nothing indeed: http://minus.com/pages/about http://minus.com/pages/about
- smoyer 15y ago
  And from the blog: "We’ve been at our NYC office for only a month and ..."
  - koopajah 15y ago
    Yeah sorry seems that I completely mixed two news at the same time. This one about a dropbox "clone" and a one about a new cloud solution by a French company.
joelhaasnoot 15y ago
Only the word 'concurrent' is French

wccrawford 15y ago

"Concurrent"? Did you mean competitor, or counterpart, or clone?

koopajah 15y ago

Sorry, as I said in another comment I mixed two news at the same time. I edited the title to reflect the proper pitch about Minus. My bad!