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The 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
by chinathrow 5y ago
The 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