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Speaking of fads, it's always fun to revisit the naysayer comments on Slashdot when the iPod, iPhone, etc. were announced.
by marban 5y ago
Speaking of fads, it's always fun to revisit the naysayer comments on Slashdot when the iPod, iPhone, etc. were announced.
- chinathrow 5y agoThe famous reply to the introduction of Dropbox [1] here on HN in 2007 comes to mind: "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." [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863
- phone8675309 5y agoNo wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
- bserge 5y ago