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Protip: 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 u

Protip: 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.

dijit 3y ago
This is amazingly ironic to post given that the original launch post of DropBox on HN famously dismissed the business entirely by comparing it to rsync+ssh.
- pjc50 3y ago
  I'd assumed it was a quote directly from the original thread. I wonder if anyone can find it. (see also "less space than a Nomad. Lame")
  - dijit 3y ago
    > I'd assumed it was a quote directly from the original thread. I wonder if anyone can find it. Here it is: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
    - pjc50 3y ago
      Man, it's great how HN can keep unlimited posts for unlimited time, isn't it? I'm sure this place will live forever.
      - dang 3y ago
        I don't know about forever but I do think it would be fun if people were still complaining about how the UI hasn't changed a hundred years from now.
    - semiquaver 3y ago
      My favorite part of that is that the author shows up as green since at the time they were a new user, despite the fact that their account is now long-established. Most CRUD apps today would get a detail like that wrong.
  - CamperBob2 3y ago
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    - dang 3y ago
      I'm pretty sure he isn't sore - what made you think that? I asked him at one point and was surprised at how sanguine he was about it.
      - CamperBob2 3y ago
        You're probably right; I just remember him coming across as upset when I mentioned it a while back. Like I said, I could easily have been the target of all that ribbing myself, and I don't know that I would be any happier about it.
        dang 3y ago
        Me too, especially when his original intention has been so completely misread. I've been on a quest to get people to realize this for a couple years now. It won't work, of course.
        jeremyjh 3y ago
        I enjoyed learning more about it though in the threads you linked above. I'm really happy both about this meme and the cogent defense of the original comment. It might be tilting at windmills but its not without value.
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- jeremyjh 3y ago
  Whoosh
  - johnchristopher 3y ago
    May OP's answer is now part of the meme ?
- SoftTalker 3y ago
  Were they wrong? Would a business using a self-owned rsync+ssh solution now be shopping for yet another cloud service after yet another backtrack on promises several years in?
- dang 3y ago
  That comment has been unfairly misread over the years. He wasn't being dismissive, he was trying to help them with their YC application (that's what "app" meant on HN in 2007). Here is how BrandonM responded after Drew replied: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9479 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9479. If that's a prototypical HN dismissal, we're in the sixth sphere of Paradiso. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27068148 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27068148 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23229275 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23229275 https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20brandonm&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
websap 3y ago
Haha! Blast from the past! Billions of dollars and users later. Good to know why builders don't always make great business people.
leonheld 3y ago
Context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
nine_k 3y ago
You know what? Somebody would package that and sell as a service, just to save less tech-savvy users a headache.

dijit 3y ago

This is amazingly ironic to post given that the original launch post of DropBox on HN famously dismissed the business entirely by comparing it to rsync+ssh.

pjc50 3y ago
I'd assumed it was a quote directly from the original thread. I wonder if anyone can find it. (see also "less space than a Nomad. Lame")
- dijit 3y ago
  > I'd assumed it was a quote directly from the original thread. I wonder if anyone can find it. Here it is: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
  - pjc50 3y ago
    Man, it's great how HN can keep unlimited posts for unlimited time, isn't it? I'm sure this place will live forever.
    - dang 3y ago
      I don't know about forever but I do think it would be fun if people were still complaining about how the UI hasn't changed a hundred years from now.
  - semiquaver 3y ago
    My favorite part of that is that the author shows up as green since at the time they were a new user, despite the fact that their account is now long-established. Most CRUD apps today would get a detail like that wrong.
- CamperBob2 3y ago
  [flagged]
  - dang 3y ago
    I'm pretty sure he isn't sore - what made you think that? I asked him at one point and was surprised at how sanguine he was about it.
    - CamperBob2 3y ago
      You're probably right; I just remember him coming across as upset when I mentioned it a while back. Like I said, I could easily have been the target of all that ribbing myself, and I don't know that I would be any happier about it.
      - dang 3y ago
        Me too, especially when his original intention has been so completely misread. I've been on a quest to get people to realize this for a couple years now. It won't work, of course.
        jeremyjh 3y ago
        I enjoyed learning more about it though in the threads you linked above. I'm really happy both about this meme and the cogent defense of the original comment. It might be tilting at windmills but its not without value.
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jeremyjh 3y ago
Whoosh
- johnchristopher 3y ago
  May OP's answer is now part of the meme ?
SoftTalker 3y ago
Were they wrong? Would a business using a self-owned rsync+ssh solution now be shopping for yet another cloud service after yet another backtrack on promises several years in?
dang 3y ago
That comment has been unfairly misread over the years. He wasn't being dismissive, he was trying to help them with their YC application (that's what "app" meant on HN in 2007). Here is how BrandonM responded after Drew replied: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9479 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9479. If that's a prototypical HN dismissal, we're in the sixth sphere of Paradiso. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27068148 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27068148 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23229275 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23229275 https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20brandonm&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

websap 3y ago

Haha! Blast from the past! Billions of dollars and users later. Good to know why builders don't always make great business people.

leonheld 3y ago

Context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

nine_k 3y ago

You know what? Somebody would package that and sell as a service, just to save less tech-savvy users a headache.