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Exactly. As Steve Jobs is quoted in the article; Dropbox is only half the solution. Apple's 'full' solution involves the necessary purchase of their hardware

• 2muchcoffeeman 15y ago
  No, the other half is getting people to use the product. It's easier if you can make it seamless and bake it in rather than a third party solution. They probably wanted to own the solution to leverage any trust they have with their customers. It's the same thing that happened with backups, they came up with Time Machine. Pretty much all the Mac users I know have a Time Machine backup. I believe the same thing will happen with version control once Versions support is wide spread. Normal people will know about keeping versions of their work rather than multiple differently named files.
  • lwhi 15y ago
    "No, the other half is getting people to use the product." More than 45 million people use Dropbox. I think they have that part of the problem solved.